I think the best parts of the article don't deal with gender or with Donglegate at all.
""When considering the dismal numbers of women (as well as African-American and Latino men) in tech, the meritocratic presumption is that these minorities aren’t good at or interested in technology; otherwise, there would be more of them.""
She has a point in that minorities are also heavily under-represented in tech. I want to put aside the gender politics for now because that's not where I feel the author is strongest. I feel that she's making a good point by pointing out essentially: okay, you guys claim you aren't sexist. That you treated Adria poorly because she was an attention whore and not just a woman.
But what explains the under-representation of other minorities in tech? Why aren't there as many African America n or Latino American programmers?
I feel like she's right in saying the tech world isn't truly meritocratic.
""When considering the dismal numbers of women (as well as African-American and Latino men) in tech, the meritocratic presumption is that these minorities aren’t good at or interested in technology; otherwise, there would be more of them.""
She has a point in that minorities are also heavily under-represented in tech. I want to put aside the gender politics for now because that's not where I feel the author is strongest. I feel that she's making a good point by pointing out essentially: okay, you guys claim you aren't sexist. That you treated Adria poorly because she was an attention whore and not just a woman.
But what explains the under-representation of other minorities in tech? Why aren't there as many African America n or Latino American programmers?
I feel like she's right in saying the tech world isn't truly meritocratic.