There are a certain percentage of the population who are just assholes.<p>Let&#x27;s assume for a moment that both men and women are assholes in equal proportion, that say 10% of the population of either gender are assholes.<p>For a 50 person company, 80% male:
40 men total
4 male assholes
10 women
1 woman asshole<p>Take that ratio up to 90% male as many tech conferences are:
45 men
of those 45 men, 5 will be assholes, rounding up
5 women
1 woman asshole<p>In that scenario there actually the same number of male assholes as ALL of the women.<p>This is why changing the ratio of male and female matters.