> We eliminated the job women were dominating (programmer) by combining it with the one men were dominating (analyst).
Gender disparity is usually shown as a percentage, but years ago I ran across one for programmers that used absolute numbers and the pattern showed a different story than usual - which this reclassification could probably explain.
I don't remember what year exactly the flip was, but before the flip the number of men and women were increasing at around the same rate. After it, the number of men skyrocketed while the number of women kept increasing at the same rate as before. As a percentage this looks like women lost interest or got pushed out, but the absolute numbers look more like men flocked to it without pushing anyone out. Or, perhaps, got grouped into it.
Gender disparity is usually shown as a percentage, but years ago I ran across one for programmers that used absolute numbers and the pattern showed a different story than usual - which this reclassification could probably explain.
I don't remember what year exactly the flip was, but before the flip the number of men and women were increasing at around the same rate. After it, the number of men skyrocketed while the number of women kept increasing at the same rate as before. As a percentage this looks like women lost interest or got pushed out, but the absolute numbers look more like men flocked to it without pushing anyone out. Or, perhaps, got grouped into it.