5 Ways Both Sexes Can Help Solve the Gender Gap in Silicon Valley — entrepreneur.com

With women making up about 15 percent of the tech industry, tech-dominated areas like Silicon Valley can feel intimidating to women on the periphery. Sadly, that figure is only decreasing. There are many factors that explain this unfortunate imbalance. For instance, many women lack confidence, while others avoid the issue altogether. Although males play a dominant role in shaping the tech industry, women were found to have surpassed men in Internet usage as early as the year 2000. So the responsibility for fixing Silicon Valley’s gender problem falls on both sexes in equal measure.

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