How was programming made masculine after being first seen as a female profession? - http://gender.stanford.edu/news/2011/researcher-reveals-how-%E2%80%9Ccomputer-geeks%E2%80%9D-replaced-%E2%80%9Ccomputergirls%E2%80%9D
@jaranta Just a guess (did not read the article), guys saw a good thing and wanted in on the action, thus pushing women out. Or saw how well women were at programming and felt threatened. Or both.
@Thehatter it's a pretty good article, I suggest you give it a read.
@jaranta Interesting that one of the factors they point out is the, for lack of a better word, credentialing of the field.
@mbbrown I think I've seen similar things reported in other fields too, with things like median salary following changes in gender ratio. (I think that was about medical field, but can't recall the source anymore.)
@jaranta @archivist human recommender algorithm - you may also like Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing http://programmedinequality.com/ If you've already read it 👏🏽
@amelish @archivist I didn't! Thanks for the tip.
@jaranta Ah fate, that I didn't have this link yesterday. I'm sure I'll have need of it (more than once) in the future.
Thanks for sharing!