Provide evidence. If it's so prevalent it shouldn't be hard. We all know about Uber, come up with something original. You are accusing the entire industry as a whole after all from little firms to giants.
People can reasonably differ on how to assess it, what the underlying problem is, how best to correct it, and many other aspects. But forcing a relitigation ab initio every time it comes up is unhelpful to begin with, and when you sprinkle in aggressive argumentation, you're over the line in a way that leads nowhere good.
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14868537 and marked it off-topic.
[0]https://500hats.com/im-a-creep-i-m-sorry-d2c13e996ea0 [1]https://cherylyeoh.com/2017/07/03/shedding-light-on-the-blac...
If sexism was rampant and common through out the entire software development industry, more so than other industries, I think we would see a lot of evidence supporting that. Look at the evidence, and form your conclusions based on that. The reason why I discounted Uber is because Uber is just one company and is no where near representative of the industry as a whole.
Silicon Valley is _also_ not representative of the whole industry.
The evidence that people did provide:
https://500hats.com/im-a-creep-i-m-sorry-d2c13e996ea0 https://cherylyeoh.com/2017/07/03/shedding-light-on-the-blac...
That's one messed up guy. His post places much emphasis on the fact that this shortcoming is his own and that the rest of the company does not have the same weird ideals and that his co-founder + senior management are sound. One guy is not representative of the whole industry.
https://www.theverge.com/2016/3/18/11262888/microsoft-gdc-20...
This article is grasping on straws. I fail to see what a gaming conference has to do with the software development industry. Also, this presumes that the adult entertainment industry is sexist/misogynistic, which is a conflicted position to say the least.
https://qz.com/659196/i-had-so-many-advantages-and-i-barely-...
I think this is the most honest and realistic view of the industry. Yes, I would say there is sexism in that women _are_ treated _differently_, in part simply due to the rarity of female software engineers. That is a far cry from the picture some are trying to paint.
Because you know about them? That's arbitrary.