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+Title: Survey Data on Cis and Trans Women Among Haskell Programmers
+Date: 2021-01-01
+Category: other
+Tags: Haskell, sex differences
+Status: draft
+
+Stereotypically, computer programming is both a predominantly male profession and the quintessential profession of non-exclusively-androphilic trans women. Stereotypically, these demographic trends are even more pronounced in "niche" or hobbyist technology communities (_e.g._, Rust), rather than those with more established mainstream use (_e.g._, JavaScript).
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+But stereotypes can be _wrong_! The heuristic process by which people's brains form stereotypes from experience are riddled with biases that prevent our mental model of what people are like from matching what people are _actually_ like. Unless you believe [a woman is more likely to be a feminist bank teller than a bank teller (which is _mathematically impossible_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunction_fallacy), you're best off seeking _hard numbers_ about what people are like rather than relying on mere stereotypes.
+
+Fortunately, sometimes hard numbers are available! Taylor Fausak has been administering an annual State of Haskell survey [since 2017](https://taylor.fausak.me/2017/11/15/2017-state-of-haskell-survey-results/), and the [2018](https://taylor.fausak.me/2018/11/18/2018-state-of-haskell-survey-results/), [2019](https://taylor.fausak.me/2019/11/16/haskell-survey-results/), and [2020](TODO: linky) surveys include optional "What is your gender?" and "Do you identify as transgender?" questions, as well as the anonymous response data.
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+https://taylor.fausak.me/2018/11/18/2018-state-of-haskell-survey-results/
+https://taylor.fausak.me/2019/11/16/haskell-survey-results/
+https://haskellweekly.news/survey/2020.html
+
+(closes on the 15th; if I want to publish before the 2020 edition is out, I can backport updates)
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