[13124452]

ah yes, those famous evolutionary biological factors diminishing womens' interest in computers that only started showing up right around 1985 and didn't proportionately affect any other field for some reason since computer science is completely unique in its demands on the female brain.

[1] https://i.imgur.com/pkZPrOI.png

[orionblastar]

I think 1985 is the golden age of the 8 bit home computer from Atari and Commodore to dump the main computer on the market for under $300 or $200 and make up for it by selling disk drives, etc at a higher cost. The Apple //c and IBM PCjr came out around the same time. Marketed to boys and not girls. Something to do with video games in the mid1970s that fueled the race to make an 8 bit home computer, or rather a cheaper home computer than the rest.

I talked to some women who grew up in that era, most of them claim teachers, leaders, etc told them they could not do math science as well as boys to get into liberal arts instead of computer science, etc. Somehow the education system pushed the females away from computer science and pushed boys towards computer science as well.

Computer Science used to be dominated by women in the 1950s and 1960s. Let me cite the website your image comes from so we can get a background on it:

http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/10/21/357629765/when-...

There are other sources to consider: https://www.goodcall.com/news/women-in-computer-science-0982...

https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/519426/how-did-tech-...

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-happened-all-w...

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/computer-programmin...

https://readwrite.com/2014/09/02/women-in-computer-science-w...

When you look at it in black and white as males and females, you are considered to be a bigot or sexist by SJWs. There is this gender studies thing that says gender is a social construct, etc which just clobbered Google and James Damore. In a way this is politics, culture, and society trying to push back against white males that dominate STEM and Computer Science etc. Of course the same people who want all of the other genders having these good paying jobs don't understand that males study computers, programming, technology in the same way females and others study fashion, social skills, makeup tips, clothing, etc.

Most males just wear a jeans and t-shirt and then tennis shoes. Albert Einstien used to say picking each clothes every day is a waste of time, so he had many copies of the same suits and clothes so he didn't have to choose each day. Males shower, go to the bathroom, and shave and brush teeth in 15 minutes in the morning, and females and other genders have to pick clothes, apply makeup, comb hair, use toilet, shower, brush teeth, and other stuff that may take over an hour. This is due to what society claims males and females (and others) have to do to get their looks, culture, social roles, etc. So it is a male dominated society run by females?

Well anyway, we have to find a way to encourage females and other non-male, non-binary, etc genders to study computer science the way males study it. It is a lot of work, and heavily in politics, culture, society, etc.

(WTH? I'm voted down for citing links on the subject and giving facts?)

[EdSharkey]

There's a campaign on to kill this story. You got downvoted because you cared enough to write a lot. Don't take it personal, there are powerful agendas at stake here.