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   Matthew Skelton (matthewskelton@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 19:35:37 JST Matthew Skelton

   "Surprisingly, our results show that women's contributions tend to be accepted more often than men's. However, when a woman's gender is identifiable, they are rejected more often. Our results suggest that although women on GitHub may be more competent overall, bias against them exists nonetheless."

   https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308716997_Gender_bias_in_open_source_Pull_request_acceptance_of_women_versus_men

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     Jeff Grigg (jeffgrigg@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 22:35:41 JST Jeff Grigg

     • Tokyo Outsider (337ppm)

     @tokyo_0 @matthewskelton

     That may be. And the motivation for the discrimination may not even be as intellectual as objectively observing the performance and ability differences.

     Here's a similar idea, from a slightly different angle:

     https://mastodon.social/@tdpauw/112457737631632376

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     Chris Pitts (thirstybear@agilodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 05:59:25 JST Chris Pitts

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     • Thierry de Pauw

     @matthewskelton @tdpauw That fits with my subjective experience over my career. Women engineers I have worked with, with a few exceptions, have tended to be highly competent and collaborative.

     Arguably the exceptions were showing learned toxic behaviours that they developed working in a system where the odds were heavily stacked against them 🤷♂️ (not an excuse, but a possible reason)

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