If, in a porn movie, you have a guy who came in to fix her computer rather than the mythical pizza guy showing up, should SV be ashamed, because, you know, it's related to tech?
If, in a porn movie, you have a guy who came in to fix her computer rather than the mythical pizza guy showing up, should SV be ashamed, because, you know, it's related to tech?
If there were a competitor which didnt have that aspect and people were split: men would go to this one and girls to the other, it creates a division between the genders. The situation then would be eerily similar to the idea of "separate but equal" and we all know how poorly that turned out in the past.
Because the programming world is overwhelming male dominate and is widely perceived as harboring an undercurrent of latent sexism and is generally seen as being dismissive, condescending and unwelcoming to women.
Taken against that background, a site like this does nothing to dispel these notions or help attract women into our field.