#10871436, By Tiger_Walts Tropes vs. Women in Video Games

Tiger_Walts 9 Mar 2015 12:07:56 16,674 posts
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b0rk wrote:
Oooookay, the fact that you've brought up the largely mythical 'pay gap' and the fact that "lack of parity in high management conditions" (/whispers fewer women go in for these positions) says it all.

Now begone.

Few women apply for these positions because they have a lower chance of being successful.

There was a study where business owners were presented with an assortment of dummy CVs. For each one there were 2 versions, the only difference being the sex of the candidate. Each employer only ever saw one of this pair. It was discovered that women candidates were selected less often. Even more striking was that the female candidate's chances were even poorer when the employer was female.

Women who venture into places that used to be the domain of men do get judged unfairly. Their credentials are often scrutinized more deeply.