Research on why women do not choose computer science seems
to point to the fact that women can feel threatened by science fiction and
gaming related interests of others in the field. This seemed very strange based
on my group of friends. This group is not a random sampling
of the population, but many of my friends that are women are nerdier than many
computer scientists I know. I did a quick survey of my Facebook feed to test if
this observation was supportable and found that three times as many science
fiction or gaming posts on my feed were generated by women than men in the last
few days. Many of the women generating these posts are in other scientific
fields. None are fellow computer scientists. Why are these women who are
obviously not intimidated by science fiction and gaming culture still not
choosing computer science?
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