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Rebecca Vickery
Data Scientist, Holiday Extras
Gender Bias, Why We
Need More Women in
Tech
@vickdata
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“The chief distinction in the intellectual powers of the
two sexes is [shown] by man attaining to a higher
eminence, in whatever he takes up, than woman can
attain--whether requiring deep thought, reason or
imagination, or merely the use of the senses and hands.”
He added, “Thus man has ultimately become superior to
woman.”
Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man (1871)
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“there was a
misconception, the
great weight of your
opinion and
authority should be
redressed”, Caroline
Kennard
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“I certainly believe that
women, while generally
superior to men [in] moral
qualities, are intellectually
inferior.”, Charles Darwin
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"Let women's
'environment' be similar
to men's, and with the
same opportunities,
before they are judged -
honestly - and
considered intellectually
inferior"
Caroline Kennard
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Images courtesy of wisecampaign.org.uk
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females are under-represented at Google and
other tech firms because they are on average less
ambitious and more prone to “neuroticism” than
males and “have a stronger interest in people
rather than things.”, James Damore, Google
Memo Scandal, 2017
Photo by Paweł Czerwiński on Unsplash
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Nature or nurture?
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Image courtesy of everydayfeminism.com
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Diva Sassy
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In India 35% of
specialist technology
roles are held by women
In 1984 37% of
computer science
degrees were awarded
to women
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Why does it matter?
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What happened when women were underrepresented in
medicine?
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Photo by Matthew T Rader on Unsplash
Women are 17% more likely to
die in a car accident
What happened when women were underrepresented in
engineering?
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What happens when women are underrepresented in
technology?
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Photo by Matthew T Rader on Unsplash
Women are even more likely to
die in a car accident?
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What can we do?
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Start early
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Pull each
other up
@vickdata
www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-vickery
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“A future for
everyone
needs to be
built by
everyone.”,
Women in Tech, Berlin
Photo by Samuel Zeller on Unsplash