Re: [TUHS] Women in computing

There have been several studies. As I remember, girls in school do indeed receive as much encouragement in computers as do males. And girls do indeed have access to as many resources as males. So the studies came to no conclusions. My personal thought is that, in high school, it's the "nerd" factor. If I were back in high school and saw the kind of guys that are getting into computers now, I would stay a thousand miles away from them and that field. But, alas, I don't think anyone has tried to research that idea... And/or: I have a friend who was a professor of CS in Amsterdam. She had many grad students of both sexes. She says she had to practically force the women to stay in the field. They would see the guys getting overly focused on the computer details themselves, completely overlooking the goals of the project. The women would get frustrated and complain to the professor. She would have to convince them that the guys just did that, and that the women should stay on track. I do admit, I have a husband who does that. Personally, I have ALWAYS looked at computers as a tool to accomplish something grander than just being a computer. But I am usually out-shouted. ;-)