Rome – The discrimination against women, already demonstrated in various scientific disciplines, there is also in computer programming. He suggests a study coordinated by the California Institute of Technology, under which are programmatrici do better than male counterparts, but only if their identity is hidden. The researchers analyzed more than 1.5 million users of GitHub, a open source for the development of computer programs in which anonymous contributors may suggest changes or additions. 78.6% of the suggestions made by women is accepted, the researchers write in the article that is currently awaiting publication, but for programmers men acceptance was 74.6%. If you analyze data for non-regular contributors, the study points out, are the evidence of discrimination. The acceptance rate for women is 71.8% if you do not reveal your identity, and drops to 62.5% when in fact the sort is identifiable. “Our results – concludes the article – suggests that although women are more competent on GitHub, gender discrimination exists.” The question had been raised last summer also Isis Wenger , a programmer in Silicon Valley, to denounce the stereotypes that had launched the hashtag #ilooklikeanengineer (I look like an engineer) which was signed by thousands of women around the world.
- Topics:
- software
- Github
- Open source
- silicon valley
- #ilooklikeanengineer
- Starring:
- Isis Wenger
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