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Women Get Pull Requests Accepted More (Except When You Know They're Women) (peerj.com)

Posted by yaelk on from the women-in-the-workplace dept.

An anonymous reader writes: In the largest study of gender bias [in programming] to date, researchers found that women tend to have their pull requests accepted at a higher rate than men, across a variety of programming languages. This, despite the finding that their pull requests are larger and less likely to serve an immediate project need. At the same time, when the gender of the women is identifiable (as opposed to hidden), their pull requests are accepted less often than men's.

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  1. Re:What about me? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Have you tried Craigslist?

  2. RTFA ... by Obfuscant · · Score: 3, Funny
    Read TFA, at least through the "author contribution" section.

    Clearly, Clarissa didn't contribute anything, and Chris may or may not have contributed anything significant, it's hard to tell.

  3. Re:oh ffs already by Rei · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you killing yourself would mean I'd see the acronym "SJW" less often on Slashdot, then by all means go right ahead.

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    We should start dealing in those black-market beagles.
  4. Re:Self-Selection? by Pseudonymous+Powers · · Score: 4, Funny

    Go Ferrets!

  5. Re:What about me? by PopeRatzo · · Score: 1, Funny

    I am a cisgender hermaphrodite who identifies as male. Nobody pulls me!

    You'll just have to be like the rest of us and pull yourself.

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    You are welcome on my lawn.