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Yes. I suggest doing a google search for why there are so few women in tech; you will plenty of articles, including some that point to recent studies. For example:

https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/stanford-research-explains-...

It’s also interesting that your sister’s experience is reflective of the findings in various studies. Would your sister have pursued tech without your support?

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I've worked in companies both in the mid west and in Silicon Valley. I think this culture is much more pervasive in the valley. In most other parts of the country where normal people work, women are accepted just as well as men. In fact, every company I worked for in the mid west had a reasonable amount of women, whereas the Silicon Valley companies had very few if not at all.

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