I look forward to the days where terrible spun written content has disappeared and people start taking my job a little more seriously! So many companies want to pay pennies for a blog and don’t give a hoot how it’s written.

You are right, your affiliation isn’t important, but it would perhaps make your comments seem a lot more credible and less half baked.

“In my opinion, many women are more organised, more creative and better at communicating than men.”

That’s my opinion.

I think the readers will make their own mind up about whether or not I have been patronising or flippant, although this was genuinely not my intention.

Maybe they will value my opinion more than someone who has taken the decision to hide their identity and affiliation, who knows…

Saying women have certain attributes and men have others is a dichotomous and counterproductive way of discussing the gender divide. Women don’t possess particular traits and neither do men. This way of thinking is what leads men to be described as “ambitious” and women as “bossy” or “domineering”. Women are told they’re ‘not allowed’ to possess certain traits and this is what leads them to act demurely, quietly, meekly when really they’re ambitious and just as strong as men.

Maybe men in tech should start thinking about even their most flippant language – because when you’re a minority, these things are discouraging and offputting.