I don’t have the data to speculate—that’s why we need robust data collection.
The comment that started this discussion was:
In no community I was ever part of before have I had to tell newcomers “beware, this community is plagued by sexism, racism and abuse”. That I have to to have to tell this to people I introduce to EA is really absurd.
From the original commenter’s perspective, he would likely advise his friends in comparison to age-matched society as a whole (not adjusting for gender imbalance in EA, not adjusting for EAs being attached to high-sexism/abuse subcultures.”
The commenter’s statement isn’t inconsistent with the hypothesis that (e.g.) EAs within the tech scene display less sexism and abuse than people in the tech scene as a whole. It’s plausible that EAs tend to be “attached to . . . subculture[s]” that have very high rates of sexism and abuse relative to age-matched members of society as whole. There could be lower rates of sexism and abuse among EAs in those subcultures than among other subculture members . . . but still high compared to age-matched society as a whole.
I don’t have the data to speculate—that’s why we need robust data collection.
The comment that started this discussion was:
From the original commenter’s perspective, he would likely advise his friends in comparison to age-matched society as a whole (not adjusting for gender imbalance in EA, not adjusting for EAs being attached to high-sexism/abuse subcultures.”
The commenter’s statement isn’t inconsistent with the hypothesis that (e.g.) EAs within the tech scene display less sexism and abuse than people in the tech scene as a whole. It’s plausible that EAs tend to be “attached to . . . subculture[s]” that have very high rates of sexism and abuse relative to age-matched members of society as whole. There could be lower rates of sexism and abuse among EAs in those subcultures than among other subculture members . . . but still high compared to age-matched society as a whole.