Women belong in technology. As a gender, women have earned all of the same rights and privileges as their male counterparts. While I use the word “earned,” I don’t believe that women are treated the same. It’s a known fact that women, on average, make 77 cents to every dollar a male earns, but did you know that in Silicon Valley, women make just 49 cents to ever dollar a male earns?
The women at San Francisco's TechCrunch Disrupt Conference for Startups a few weeks ago were subjected to chauvinistic behavior and sexist humor. While some women found it funny and brushed it off, it naturally sparked quite a bit a criticism in the feminist world.
As women take on more roles in the world of tech, there’s going to have to be a change of attitude by both women and men. At Venturelab, we want to instill the values in our participants at Girls Startup that Behind their feminine appearances there are scientists, inventors, engineers and business women.
What are some ways that the tech world can embrace women? Is it a women’s duty to “get used to” the male behavior? How can we shift the culture to be more female friendly?
