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I think the implication is that she got in because there are many more outreach programs for women to get into college. But I could be wrong.



There's almost no other explanation, unfortunately. Opinion on it does tend to be pretty closely tied to conventional political orientation, but I know plenty of women in tech (or other traditionally male dominated spaces like gaming) that don't really like this kind of stuff because they have a lot of friends from over-represented groups that have had a lot of difficulty in life that's basically ignored based on their demographics.




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