Never seen so much transgender representation in the same place before I joined Lemmy and the Arch Linux community. There has to be some correlation/causation stuff with all this and I'm very confused on what it could be.

[–] mossy_capivara@midwest.social 20 points 1 year ago

[–] RarePossum@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think one explanation I've heard is in more comp sci spaces, you spend a lot of time alone, which gives you a lot of time for introspection.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

If this is true, wouldn't psychology or sociology fields have tons of transgender people too? After all, they spend a lot of time thinking about the inner workings of other people, they probably think about themselves as well.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I was in college it wasn't a meme/trend so it is new in the past decade or so which I find fascinating. My best guess is programming communities are mostly men so trans women and folks questioning (eggs, etc) might just seem more common? idk.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The thing is there are lots that are trans females so that reasoning doesn't make sense.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry, I should've said AMAB, not men. As in some people realize they're trans but maybe comp sci attracts AMAB people for some reason. Honestly I'm just grasping at straws and have no idea tbh.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It certainly is an interesting phenomena

[–] Caitlynn@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe the constant dread and pain in our head makes us seek refuge in the digital world, where we can easylly be and express ourselfs how/who we truly are