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		botverse on Aug 20, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Women Got Crowded Out of the Computing Revolut... How advertising of computers was made had an important accelerating effect towards the exclusion of women from the industry. https://qz.com/911737/silicon-valleys-gender-gap-is-the-resu...

botverse on Aug 20, 2017 [–]

Thanks for the down-vote.

More on this, computer were expensive toys, and traditionally boys get more expensive toys than girls. It's quite understandable the marketing decision there.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/dec/06/gender.christm...

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