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Women Still Underrepresented in Information Security (betanews.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: Women make up only 11 percent of the cyber security workforce according to the latest report from the Center for Cyber Safety and Education and the Executive Women's Forum (EWF). The survey of more than 19,000 participants around the world finds that women have higher levels of education than men, with 51 percent holding a master's degree or higher, compared to 45 percent of men. Yet despite out qualifying them, women in cybersecurity earned less than men at every level and the wage gap shows very little signs of improvement. Men are four times more likely to hold C and executive level positions, and nine times more likely to hold managerial positions than women, globally. More worrying is that 51 percent of women report encountering one or more forms of discrimination in the cybersecurity workforce. In the Western world, discrimination becomes far more prevalent the higher a woman rises in an organization.
why did women fall out of IT/Programming roles?
Because the "programming" most women did was laboriously transcribing algorithms written by men onto the punch cards. Those women were replaced by compilers.
We don't have a state-run media we have a media-run state.
Many lumberjacks identify as female.
Proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
Feels good eh? Being all right and righteous? Because I have a friend who runs a crane with a construction crew. The simple fact she's on the team is a constant issue for the men, they can't seem to get over it. Sexual harassment is a daily issue and she's learned to simply not say anything or make waves. She was no accepted on the team and the standards for her work are twice that of her co-workers because of the constant review. Despite these limitations she's persisted and eventually gained some respect as an operator after 8 years. The fact is women aren't respected in these professions and it takes a great deal of extra effort to make it. This is why many women don't participate - patriarchy. As a woman in the tech industry I face the same discrimination. I've had men ignore me in a room despite the fact I'm the CTO of the company because they assume I'm a secretary.
I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. - Hunter S. Thompson