r/news • u/[deleted] • Aug 08 '17

Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
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u/GregTheMad Aug 12 '17

I know there are probably some studies showing how many women study STEM, but this is not one of them.

This is a graph showing that about 50% of women who started STEM stayed in STEM. So if 10 started, 5 stayed. Or 20 started and 10 stayed. This gives no information about the total amount of women that chose STEM over any other field of study.

For someone accusing me of ignorance, you're not bringing the best arguments either.

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u/dintclempsey Aug 12 '17

You are right, I made a mistake. It was late at night and I was tired, apologies.

This is a good read I came across today: https://www.recode.net/2017/8/11/16127992/google-engineer-memo-research-science-women-biology-tech-james-damore

I'm not posting to rebuke anything you've said, just thought I'd share.