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The AI Boys’ Club: What’s Keeping Women at Bay?
🤖✖️♀️ (Spoiler: It's Not a Lack of Talent)
Once upon a time (read: 5 minutes ago), a room full of very smart people gathered to shape the future of artificial intelligence.
There were snacks. There were slides.
But you know what was shockingly scarce?
Women.
The Invisible Algorithm of Exclusion
Let’s break this down: women aren’t staying out of AI because they don’t want in.
They’re staying out—or being pushed out—because:
🔹 The hiring pipelines are broken.
🔹 The work culture is subtly (and not-so-subtly) male-coded.
🔹 The unspoken “requirements” reward sameness.
🔹 And the algorithms? Built on biased data by biased teams.
We’re talking about a modern tech frontier where women are still being treated like an edge case.
And it’s getting old.
Who’s in the Room Matters—And Who’s Missing Matters More
If AI is shaping the future—our health, justice systems, jobs, even our dating apps—then we need everyone at the table.
Especially those who’ve historically been excluded from it.
Because let’s be honest:
A facial recognition system that doesn’t recognize darker-skinned women?
An AI hiring tool that filters out maternity gaps?
Those aren’t just bugs.
They’re symptoms of a monoculture.
So Why Is the AI Field Still So Bro-y?
Here's the tea:
💻 Many companies recruit from the same “top” schools—where women are underrepresented in AI majors.
🚫 Many job postings are filled with gatekeeping jargon like “ninja” and “rockstar.”
🎮 Many teams value “culture fit” (read: people who vibe like the founders) over “culture add.”
👔 And mentoring? It's often informal, buddy-based, and favors those already in the inner circle.
It's not that women aren’t showing up—it’s that the industry keeps building doors with no handles on our side.

The Cost of Keeping It a Boys’ Club
Let’s get business-y for a second:
Companies with diverse leadership perform better.
AI products built by diverse teams are more accurate, more ethical, and more human-centred.
Innovation requires difference.
So why is the talent pool being filtered through a bro-code algorithm?
What TechSheThink Is Doing (And You Can Too)
💡 We spotlight the women already rocking AI—quietly or loudly.
💡 We advocate for structured hiring, mentorship, and career development pipelines designed with actual equity.
💡 We challenge the stereotypes that say leadership = loud, aggressive, 80-hour weeks.
We say:
✨ Lead with empathy.
✨ Build with purpose.
✨ Hire with intention.
The future of AI should look like everyone who will be impacted by it.
Which is—newsflash—all of us.
Call to Action 🔥
🔹 Share this article with your team, your LinkedIn, or that one group chat full of future change-makers.
🔹 Ask your workplace: What are we doing to make AI welcoming to everyone?
🔹 Mentor, sponsor, uplift. Even just one woman in AI.
Let’s dismantle this Boys’ Club, one bias-breaking line of code at a time.
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