This is getting a bit off topic from the purpose of the article, but I really wanted to answer this.
I 100% agree that gender inequality hurts all parties. We are definitely all suffering from it, and correcting the situation will benefit all of us.
I disagree that disparity happens because men and women are somehow inherently choosing different professions and lifestyles. Most of it comes from the childhood conditioning. When children are told "girls don't understand math" and "boys cannot be nurses", we lose so many talented nurses and engineers. It starts to really sink in by middle school, and this is exactly where one starts to see the results.
By the way, this is also why there are eventually less women studying to become developers and less of them applying for jobs. Not because their brains work differently and cannot fathom coding, but because ads since the 80's promoted computers as toys for boys. Before the 80's, there were almost 40% of women in the industry. npr.org/sections/money/2014/10/21/...
If a father continues to work after having a kid and a mother stays at home, it is not always because they want it to be this way. It is because society expects them to fulfill their gender roles this way. Sweden seems to go the right way in correcting this problem: they promote equality in child care and have achieved significant results since they started in 70's.
I also disagree with your conclusions about 45% and 10 women. When we look at big numbers (not 5 people, but thousands of people), then we can talk about the trend, and these researches are based on large numbers and therefore indicate a trend. It is not one company problem, it is the industry problem.
And of course, because of this, we all are suffering. Companies lose great managers when they introduce glass ceilings for women and minorities. Families lose awesome caretakers when men don't stay at home with children. These biases hurt everyone.
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This is getting a bit off topic from the purpose of the article, but I really wanted to answer this.
I 100% agree that gender inequality hurts all parties. We are definitely all suffering from it, and correcting the situation will benefit all of us.
I disagree that disparity happens because men and women are somehow inherently choosing different professions and lifestyles. Most of it comes from the childhood conditioning. When children are told "girls don't understand math" and "boys cannot be nurses", we lose so many talented nurses and engineers. It starts to really sink in by middle school, and this is exactly where one starts to see the results.
By the way, this is also why there are eventually less women studying to become developers and less of them applying for jobs. Not because their brains work differently and cannot fathom coding, but because ads since the 80's promoted computers as toys for boys. Before the 80's, there were almost 40% of women in the industry.
npr.org/sections/money/2014/10/21/...
If a father continues to work after having a kid and a mother stays at home, it is not always because they want it to be this way. It is because society expects them to fulfill their gender roles this way. Sweden seems to go the right way in correcting this problem: they promote equality in child care and have achieved significant results since they started in 70's.
I also disagree with your conclusions about 45% and 10 women. When we look at big numbers (not 5 people, but thousands of people), then we can talk about the trend, and these researches are based on large numbers and therefore indicate a trend. It is not one company problem, it is the industry problem.
Regarding how bosses treat women and men: here is some evidence.
Performance reviews:
fortune.com/2014/08/26/performance...
hbr.org/2017/04/how-gender-bias-co...
Promotions:
businessinsider.com/women-are-less...
hbr.org/2017/10/a-study-used-senso...
And of course, because of this, we all are suffering. Companies lose great managers when they introduce glass ceilings for women and minorities. Families lose awesome caretakers when men don't stay at home with children. These biases hurt everyone.