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5/24/2014 | 6:10:40 PM
There are gender gaps, yes but I believe they people are putting too much detrimental emphasis on them. I think this becomes an entirely different issue if people are deterred from even trying and if that is the case then I apologize. However, @anon's analogy is very appropriate. There may be a gender gap with IT, but there also is with teaching, construction, nursing. However, I would not categorize these things as a problem.
Statistically it would seem that interests between the majority of males and females are different. This is no cause for alarm. I think we are wasting time and resources by trying to make everything 50/50 when there isn't a detriment to the current scenario. If the status quo remains with the gender gap, what takes a hit? Can I get an outer perspective as to the harm this causes? This may help my understanding of why this might cause issue with some.
A better avenue to place time and resources would be gender inequality as it relates to pay. That should be the same for who ever is in that role, male or female. If the person has the same amount of experience, same responsibilities, and all other ancillary factors are congruent then the person should be provided the same compensation as their counterpart.