I disagree, because when I looked into gender dynamics in EA London, recruitment was not the issue. EA London 2016-2018 had as many women as men attending events as a first-time attendee, but they were much less likely to keep attending after their first, second or third event.
It would be helpful to know the likelihood of continued attendance broken down by combinations of gender and academic field. It’s plausible to me that the breakdown of academic fields between “women coming to their first EA event” and “men coming to their first EA event” could be significantly different, and that this difference could explain much of the difference in continued attendance. It’s also plausible that, after controlling for academic field, women are significantly less likely to continue attending than men (e.g., women with a STEM background are less likely to continue attending than men with a STEM background, etc.)
My hunch is that both of these dynamics play a part in explaining lower levels of continued attendance by women. My confidence in the relative magnitude of each effect is pretty low.
I disagree, because when I looked into gender dynamics in EA London, recruitment was not the issue. EA London 2016-2018 had as many women as men attending events as a first-time attendee, but they were much less likely to keep attending after their first, second or third event.
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/2RfQT7cybfS8zoy43/are-men-more-likely-to-attend-ea-london-events-attendance
It would be helpful to know the likelihood of continued attendance broken down by combinations of gender and academic field. It’s plausible to me that the breakdown of academic fields between “women coming to their first EA event” and “men coming to their first EA event” could be significantly different, and that this difference could explain much of the difference in continued attendance. It’s also plausible that, after controlling for academic field, women are significantly less likely to continue attending than men (e.g., women with a STEM background are less likely to continue attending than men with a STEM background, etc.)
My hunch is that both of these dynamics play a part in explaining lower levels of continued attendance by women. My confidence in the relative magnitude of each effect is pretty low.
True, not only outreach but also sufficient engagement/retention is needed in order to reliably increase the ratio.