The Gender Gap in Tech: Why Biology Doesn’t Matter

The Gender Gap in Tech: Why Biology Doesn’t Matter

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Publish Date:
3 October, 2022
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Computer Technology
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Sources/further reading (nonexhaustive)

Gender studies textbook:

Wade, Lisa and Myra Marx Ferree. 2019. Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions, 2nd edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Visual-spatial ability reduced to statistical insignificance in this study:
Eliminating Gender Differences Through Practice in an Applied Visual Spatial Task
Steven J. Kass,Robert H. Ahlers & Melissa Dugger

Gregariousness assertiveness study cited by James Damore:
ESTIMATING THE EFFECT OF PERSONALITY ON MALE AND FEMALE EARNINGS GERRIT MUELLER and ERIK PLUG* 2006

Agreeableness and income:
JUDGE, LIVINGSTON, B. A., & HURST, C. (2012). Do Nice Guys-and Gals-Really Finish Last? The Joint Effects of S x and Agreeableness on Income. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102(2), 390–407. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0026021

Gender Gaps in stem:
Why Are Some STEM Fields More Gender Balanced Than Others? Sapna Cheryan and Sianna A. Ziegler University of Washington Amanda K. Montoya The Ohio State University


Stereotype threat SATs:
WALSH, HICKEY, C., & DUFFY, J. (1999). Influence of item content and stereotype situation on gender differences in mathematical problem solving. S x Roles, 41(3-4), 219–240.

GPAs of men and women in computer science:
Gender differences in computer science students
Sylvia Beyer, Kristina N. Rynes

Study of computer science students in Malaysia:
Women in Computer Science:
NO SHORTAGE HERE!

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~cfrieze/courses/malaysia.pdf

Spatial ability chemistry paper (includes info about programs related to teaching visual-spatial ability):
A Review of Spatial Ability Literature, Its Connection to Chemistry, and Implications for Instruction Marissa Harle and Marcy Towns*

Book I enjoyed which touches upon women in tech:
Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity, and Branding in the Social Media Age
By Alice Marwick

Paper about giftedness, ability constellations, and visual-spatial ability (mentions and cites massive longitudinal study):
Visual–Spatial Ability: Important in STEM, Ignored in Gifted Education Lori Andersen

Media thinkpiece:
Wired Article
https://www.wired.com/story/the-pernicious-science-of-james-damores-google-memo/

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:24 Do measured differences matter?
03:06 Measured personality differences
09:09 Are women interested in computer science?
11:39 Math skills
15:50 College success
17:50 Visual-spatial reasoning ability
20:43 Concluding thoughts