[伯特]加密货币的玻璃天花板：Web3 中的女性仍面临障碍

新兴的加密行业融合了技术和金融——这两个领域传统上由男性主导。

尽管第二次世界大战后女性劳动力参与率有所增加，但第三次和第四次工业革命（两次工业革命的特点是技术越来越多地参与工业和商业流程）对女性的进步也存在同样的玻璃天花板。

21 世纪，人们一直在努力缩小科技行业的性别差距并打破玻璃天花板。

然而，尽管越来越多的女性进入科技行业，但仍需要做很多工作，因为科技相关职业中的性别差距仍然很明显。

自比特币（BTC）诞生以来，区块链空间显着扩大，催生了一个全新的行业。

Web3 可能为女性提供了参与科技和金融领域下一次革命性飞跃的机会。

然而，女性是否也参与了这场革命，或者 Web3 行业是否遵循与传统金融和技术行业相同的模式？

为什么 Web3 行业的女性参与度较低？

尽管女性进入加密货币领域并做出了显着贡献，但仍然需要做很多工作。

波士顿咨询集团 (BCG) 2022 年行业分析发现，Web3 创始人中只有 7% 是女性，而在顶级加密初创公司中，27% 的员工是女性。

这种性别差异也延伸到了加密货币投资者。

数据清楚地表明Web3行业女性参与度较低，但这背后的原因是什么？

Cointelegraph 询问了 Web3 行业不同领域的几位女性的见解。

互操作性协议 Connext 的联合创始人兼首席执行官 Layne Haber 告诉 Cointelegraph，“最大的障碍之一是缺乏高级导师和榜样。”

她补充说，“高层的代表性非常重要，因为它可以塑造年轻女性如何看待自己未来的可能性。”

Haber 认为，Forex Suggest 2022 年的一项研究调查了几家加密货币公司的多样性，结果显示缺乏女性榜样，很少有公司在高级领导层中女性比例超过 20%，甚至董事会中只有一名女性。

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她说，担任高级职务的女性人数不足，造成了一种恶性循环，让女性感到代表性不足，并且进入某个领域的积极性较低。

比特币政策研究所研究员、比特币挖矿可持续性和环境顾问 Margot Paez 告诉 Cointelegraph，她认为构成加密行业的核心领域可能是女性参与度低的原因：

“科技与金融的交叉似乎是一场完美风暴。”

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.

Discrimination and “bro culture” in the Web3 industry

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.”

卡特说，她以男性名义在社交媒体上发布与科技相关的话题时获得了更多关注。

她还回忆起，即使她作为专家参加会议，银行高管也只会与她的男老板交谈。

场面十分尴尬，她的老板就像生病了一样，突然离开了会议，迫使银行家直接与卡特交谈。

加密行业被指责拥有“兄弟”文化，而诸如 2018 年美国比特币大会在脱衣舞俱乐部结束活动等事件也无济于事。

尽管该行业自那时以来一直在发展，但文化是否变得更具包容性？

罗梅罗-芬格认为，这个行业仍然“非常注重兄弟”。

根据她的经验，她注意到，当公司的第三位合伙人（男性）接听电话时，她的女性领导的公司会受益匪浅。

在 Carter 看来，兄弟文化对试图更多地了解 Web3 空间的女性尤其充满敌意，因为它不对人们提出问题开放。

因此，她创办了 Unstoppable Women，为女性提供一个可以了解 Web3 行业的安全空间。

女性进入Web3并打破玻璃天花板的解决方案

虽然很明显存在玻璃天花板，但情况可能正在发生变化。

Web3 仍然是一个非常年轻的行业，尚未整合。

该行业的新颖性为女性提供了跻身顶尖水平的机会。

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哈伯认为“女性在塑造自己的领导轨迹方面拥有巨大的潜力”。

然而，女性不应该等待太久，否则它可能会成为一个男性主导的、具有固化玻璃天花板的行业。

罗梅罗-芬格呼吁鼓励女性介入：

“我们都在这里学习，所以不存在冒名顶替综合症。

这是一个很好的潜入机会，女性需要学会更多地潜入！”

Hsueh 表示，获得更多关注和支持的一些最有用的方法包括“女性主导的区块链教育计划、社交活动和有针对性的奖学金等举措”，她认为宣传成功女性的故事可以鼓励和激励其他人加入并参与其中。在 Web3 领域进行创新。

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