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Comment author: [deleted] 02 August 2013 11:58:18AM 3 points [-]

I don't see a lot of female names around here

It's not like your username sounds obviously feminine either, so how confident you are about whether a given user (except the obvious ones, say lukeprog or NancyLebovitz) is male or female?

But yes, according to the last survey, only around 10% of the people here are women, and even fewer among the most prolific contributors.

Comment author: ExaminedThought 02 August 2013 07:00:30PM *  1 point [-]

Digging through the survey, I'm surprised to see Myers Briggs types listed. I was wondering if LWers considered it to be pseudoscience before I even saw the question.

Comment author: ExaminedThought 02 August 2013 06:14:36PM 0 points [-]

I wouldn't assume about the ones that aren't actual names. But I also wouldn't have guessed the number was as low as 10%!

Comment author: Kawoomba 02 August 2013 06:20:04PM *  3 points [-]

Well, given that LW is/was* predominantly appealing to STEM-types, with a focus on computer science-y topics (artificial intelligence), decision theory etc., it's no wonder that the gender gap here reflects the gender gap in e.g. computer science colleges:

Figures from the Computing Research Association Taulbee Survey indicate that less than 12% of Computer Science bachelor's degrees were awarded to women at US PhD-granting institutions in 2010-11. (Source)

Edit: * "was" because Harry Potter!

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