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新興的加密行業融合了技術和金融——這兩個領域傳統上由男性主導。
盡管第二次世界大戰后女性勞動力參與率有所增加,但第三次和第四次工業革命(兩次工業革命的特點是技術越來越多地參與工業和商業流程)對女性的進步也存在同樣的玻璃天花板。
21 世紀,人們一直在努力縮小科技行業的性別差距并打破玻璃天花板。
然而,盡管越來越多的女性進入科技行業,但仍需要做很多工作,因為科技相關職業中的性別差距仍然很明顯。
自比特幣(BTC)誕生以來,區塊鏈空間顯著擴大,催生了一個全新的行業。
Web3 可能為女性提供了參與科技和金融領域下一次革命性飛躍的機會。
然而,女性是否也參與了這場革命,或者 Web3 行業是否遵循與傳統金融和技術行業相同的模式?
為什么 Web3 行業的女性參與度較低?
盡管女性進入加密貨幣領域并做出了顯著貢獻,但仍然需要做很多工作。
波士頓咨詢集團 (BCG) 2022 年行業分析發現,Web3 創始人中只有 7% 是女性,而在頂級加密初創公司中,27% 的員工是女性。
這種性別差異也延伸到了加密貨幣投資者。
數據清楚地表明Web3行業女性參與度較低,但這背后的原因是什么?
Cointelegraph 詢問了 Web3 行業不同領域的幾位女性的見解。
互操作性協議 Connext 的聯合創始人兼首席執行官 Layne Haber 告訴 Cointelegraph,“最大的障礙之一是缺乏高級導師和榜樣。”
她補充說,“高層的代表性非常重要,因為它可以塑造年輕女性如何看待自己未來的可能性。”
Haber 認為,Forex Suggest 2022 年的一項研究調查了幾家加密貨幣公司的多樣性,結果顯示缺乏女性榜樣,很少有公司在高級領導層中女性比例超過 20%,甚至董事會中只有一名女性。
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她說,擔任高級職務的女性人數不足,造成了一種惡性循環,讓女性感到代表性不足,并且進入某個領域的積極性較低。
比特幣政策研究所研究員、比特幣挖礦可持續性和環境顧問 Margot Paez 告訴 Cointelegraph,她認為構成加密行業的核心領域可能是女性參與度低的原因:
“科技與金融的交叉似乎是一場完美風暴。”
The presence of men is very high compared with women in both finance and tech. As the BCG research reveals, women are more present in Web3 projects where social skills are more relevant than technical skills.
Cecilia Hsueh, co-founder and CEO of layer-2 blockchain Morph, told Cointelegraph that the Web3 sector might fall into the same trap as other tech sectors, despite its good intentions:
“Despite the decentralized and inclusive ethos of blockchain technology, disparities in leadership roles, funding and visibility for women remain apparent.”
Hsueh emphasized that “unequal access to funding for female-led startups” doesn’t help motivate female entrepreneurs to enter the field.
In a 2023 op-ed, Mariana Krym, the chief operating officer of Vyvo Smart Chain, wrote that out of all Web3 companies that raised more than $100 million, there were no projects with all-female founding teams.
Catie Romero-Finger, the co-founder of Web3 marketing agency Babs, told Cointelegraph that women find it difficult to enter the Web3 space because of its ambiguity.
She said that Web3 isn’t easy to study as a consolidated career; it requires a leap of faith by getting one’s hands dirty and figuring out the path as it goes.
Romero-Finger believes that the uncertainty may be “intimidating for women.” In her opinion, men tend to be comfortable trying something new, even in the face of failure, while women don’t. As she said:
“We don’t talk ourselves up like men or are willing to take as many risks because we simply feel, and maybe we are, called out more often if we fail.”
Sandy Carter, chief operating officer of Unstoppable Domains, agrees with this idea of there being a fear of failure, telling Cointelegraph that women tend to wait to be fully confident to step into a new space.
A 2013 internal Hewlett Packard report reportedly found that women tend to apply for a job once they meet all the requirements, while men will apply if they meet roughly 60% of the conditions.
Carter believes women should dare to take more risks to be able to step into the game, despite not feeling completely prepared.
All the women with whom Cointelegraph spoke could immediately provide incidents in which they felt discriminated against for being women.
Haber mentioned that during her first conference, nobody believed she had technical expertise. “People kept quizzing me about our codebase and my contributions to it.” Similarly, Hsueh felt “challenged to secure funding,” as she “was not taken seriously in technical discussions.”
Romero-Finger mentioned that despite being the founder of her own company, one client would only work with a male executive with whom he was close at her company. Ultimately, she “was forced to take a step back” and let her male team member deal with the client.
Paez highlighted how women tend to receive “more sexualized hate and trolling on social media.”
卡特說,她以男性名義在社交媒體上發布與科技相關的話題時獲得了更多關注。
她還回憶起,即使她作為專家參加會議,銀行高管也只會與她的男老板交談。
場面十分尷尬,她的老板就像生病了一樣,突然離開了會議,迫使銀行家直接與卡特交談。
加密行業被指責擁有“兄弟”文化,而諸如 2018 年美國比特幣大會在脫衣舞俱樂部結束活動等事件也無濟于事。
盡管該行業自那時以來一直在發展,但文化是否變得更具包容性?
羅梅羅-芬格認為,這個行業仍然“非常注重兄弟”。
根據她的經驗,她注意到,當公司的第三位合伙人(男性)接聽電話時,她的女性領導的公司會受益匪淺。
在 Carter 看來,兄弟文化對試圖更多地了解 Web3 空間的女性尤其充滿敵意,因為它不對人們提出問題開放。
因此,她創辦了 Unstoppable Women,為女性提供一個可以了解 Web3 行業的安全空間。
女性進入Web3并打破玻璃天花板的解決方案
雖然很明顯存在玻璃天花板,但情況可能正在發生變化。
Web3 仍然是一個非常年輕的行業,尚未整合。
該行業的新穎性為女性提供了躋身頂尖水平的機會。
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哈伯認為“女性在塑造自己的領導軌跡方面擁有巨大的潛力”。
然而,女性不應該等待太久,否則它可能會成為一個男性主導的、具有固化玻璃天花板的行業。
羅梅羅-芬格呼吁鼓勵女性介入:
“我們都在這里學習,所以不存在冒名頂替綜合癥。
這是一個很好的潛入機會,女性需要學會更多地潛入!”
Hsueh 表示,獲得更多關注和支持的一些最有用的方法包括“女性主導的區塊鏈教育計劃、社交活動和有針對性的獎學金等舉措”,她認為宣傳成功女性的故事可以鼓勵和激勵其他人加入并參與其中。在 Web3 領域進行創新。