Lack of women in tech reflects bias, not a pipeline shortfall
Evidence
During our interview, she challenged the common assumption that the lack of women in technology is a “pipeline problem.” She explained, “If there’s not enough women in technology, it’s because women don’t want to go into technology because there’s so much bias.” — Brooke Erin Duffy, (Not) Getting Paid to Do What You Love, 91
Categorization
- XREF: Undercuts the popular ‘pipeline problem’ framing — connects to the reader’s interest in how structural explanations get masked by convenient narratives. — connects to: Only conventionally attractive young white or Asian women become top bloggers — Brooke Erin Duffy, (Not) Getting Paid to Do What You Love:…, 491; Tech women’s success is dismissed as appearance-driven rather than earned — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 707; Espousing meritocracy while reinforcing sexist talk perpetuates low women’s participation in tech — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 693 (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- Espousing meritocracy while reinforcing sexist talk perpetuates low women’s participation in tech
#corroborates(0.90) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 693 - Tech’s meritocracy rhetoric contradicts its actual demographics and practices
#corroborates(0.90) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 645 - Tech women’s success is dismissed as appearance-driven rather than earned
#corroborates(0.85) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 707 - Tech meritocracy discourse masks a narrow demographic and behavioral mold
#corroborates(0.85) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 46 - Women’s tech careers were systematically credited to male mentors while men’s were not
#corroborates(0.80) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 704 - Meta-analysis shows no overall tendency to devalue women’s work.
#contradicts(0.75)