| Stereotypes are not all bad; positive stereotypes are great.
| That mission is to bring equality to computer science
Please tell me I'm not the only one who sees through such transparent bullcrap?
| That mission is to bring equality to computer science
Please tell me I'm not the only one who sees through such transparent bullcrap?
To ignore the greater context is to miss the forest for the trees.
There's no real reason to assume that the two opposing forms of gender discrimination will cancel each other out rather than reinforcing each other though - especially given that traditional gender roles say women are inherently weaker/stupider/... than men and need special treatment and protection that men don't.
They are part of the solution.
Once the representation starts to change, the calculus shifts so that the assholes become the outliers and they are the ones who start to experience pressure to change, rather than women experiencing pressure to drop out of the field due to harassment.