Women particularly emphasised time costs
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they had occasionally experienced some level of sexual harassment and did find anti-feminist views at EAL events uncomfortable
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Other events, such as lectures, projects, and career coaching, are more evenly balanced.
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descriptive statistics provided by David Nash showing that women are as likely to attend an event initially, but less likely to return to events.
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In order to have a good idea of why women are less likely to attend EAL events, we’d also need to interview women who have stopped attending events.
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Everyone I spoke to was initially drawn to events based on the ideas of Effective Altruism.
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[I’ll go to an event] to learn more about EA … if there’s an external speaker from an EA organization I haven’t come across before because I think I’m going to get something more in depth.”
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biggest reason stated for continued attendance is continued learning, whether that’s about EA ideas or another topic.
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[My reading group] keeps me really disciplined with making progress through my reading list and achieving the learning goals that I wanted to do.
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Both men and women said they really enjoy socializing at EAL events. They enjoy spending time with people who have shared interests, catching up with friends, and (for some individuals) the debate-oriented or not-worried-about-looking-cool culture.
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“because people are much more thinking-orientated or action-orientated, they don’t care so much [about looking cool].”
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“It [pushes] me to do stuff. Because I see other people stuff and it’s not a competition, but it just like, it helps me to – to be like – it’s a bit like, “Oh well, they can do it, so I should try to do it.”
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Time was the most frequently mentioned cost.
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“I don’t really like going to pubs and spending money particularly much”
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Social events were very popular with most of these attendees when they first became interested in EA, but as they learned more, conversations quickly became repetitive.
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Several men and women mentioned difficult or very intense people as a negative factor. Many also mentioned the cost of meeting new people in general.
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“[At pub socials,] often I get stuck talking to people I don’t want to talk to.”
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“I felt a little bit [unsafe] walking in and out of [the home of one EAL organizer, in a rougher neighbourhood].”
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The women interviewed were feminists and found others in EA didn’t share their views.
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“I’ve definitely met EAs who think feminism is absolutely ridiculous and it certainly seems to be much less taken for granted.”
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“The burden of proof is on us to like prove that we’ve been disadvantaged by society rather than on someone else to prove that they have something new, worth saying. …
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The women recalled minor incidents of sexual harassment or discomfort, such as being clumsily hit on at social events or repeatedly messaged by someone they’d met, but stressed that they didn’t think EA was worse than other environments.
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It’s possible that in London, women are engaging with EA ideas at an equal rate to men, but experience a heavier time cost or less of a community benefit from attending socials and so only attend more learning-focused events.
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EA London is deprioritising community events to some extent, in favour of one-on-one coaching, the monthly newsletter, and a looser ‘network’ approach
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