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>We will bias ourselves towards different ideologies, genders, races, and tastes without even realizing it.
Women are not in games because they specifically choose to not go into game dev. Same with most tech fields: they just don't want to do it. They do, however, make up a huge portion of soft-science graduates like psychology, education and medicine. Compare that with men who are the great majority in engineering, math and computer-related fields (that last one is important). There is nothing wrong with women choosing the fields they do, but it does mean that they are less likely to be in game dev.
Info is from 2008, but it's ballza enough for you. You have not earned more than 10 seconds of google. But then, I knew it was there because I inform myself BEFORE I make my claims. (link info from dept. of Education)
http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/10/most-popular-college-degrees-for-women-forbes-woman-leadership-education_slide.html
Putting that aside, do you have any evidence to support your claim that women are not in game dev because of harassment? Still waiting on it.
>Anita Sarkeesian or Zoe Quinn.
I mentioned the manipulator and the whore (I mean both words literally) because they are often pointed at as examples of how women are abused for just being women ;_;. The problem with that is that both of them really did bring it on themselves through their actions, not their genders. They don't deserve rape/death threats, but I do fully support anyone that shines light on their shit.
>People's flaws and behavior do not make their arguments or beliefs less true
No, but misrepresentation of those arguments does. So does building arguments upon a foundation made of intentional falsehood.
>If you're going to debate the subject, give us something more substantial than the equivalent of tabloid headlines.
The ball is already in your court (if you are the same person). I was told the following without qualifying remarks and have yet to see any information substantiating them despite several requests:
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