Good points Steve! That's why we created a space in San Diego designed for women - www.HeraHub.com. Think spa environment... running water, candles, soft music. :) Cheers!
On Jul 1, 6:54 pm, "sk...@emergentresearch.com" <sk...@emergentresearch.com> wrote: > Back when the global coworking survey was done, women comprised about > 1/3rd of the US respondents. Based on our other work, this was > probably a bit higher than the actual female rate, which at the time > we estimated at about 25%. This data is about 1 year old. > > In our interviews with women we often hear that the habits of male > coworkers don't always lead to environments that are attractive to > women. In particular, the personal grooming and behavioral habits of > young male techies are often highlighted (note to young male techies - > take more showers:)). > > Despite this, It seems from our point of view that women's coworking > share is increasing. Lots of studies show women are more naturally > collaborative than men (sorry guys). This could indicate in the long > run women coworkers will out number men. > > Having said that, self-employment skews male. So does employment in > the tech industry. Given that many coworkers are in the tech industry > and self-employed, having more male than female coworkers - at least > today - is not a surprise. > > Steve > > On Jul 1, 12:44 pm, Angel Kwiatkowski <fccowork...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Just curious as I've seen it vary widely and I plan to put some mental > > energy towards figuring out why. Cohere is 45% women right now. How > > about you? > > > Angel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
