The "So where are the women section?" section seems weak compared to how important it is. Here are their options: 1. gender stereotypes (from an early age) 2.

The "So where are the women section?" section seems weak compared to how important it is. Here are their options: 1. gender stereotypes (from an early age) 2. lack of talent pool (STEM majors) 3. in-group favoritism (in hiring) The first thing that jumps out at me is that (1) and (3) could cause (2). If it turned out that most of the gender imbalance in tech was related to (2), we'd still need to answer why (2) was happening. It also seems like (2) and (3) should be fairly easy to study. If the number of women graduating with computer science degrees is about the same as the number of women going into tech jobs, then presumably (3) is not a big factor. (Though favoritism could factor into other aspects of the imbalance, like promotions.) Then the big question would be "Why are so few women graduating in computer science?" That could definitely be related to (1). But it's not obvious to me that a brogrammer/machismo culture in the profession would have a big effect on students in high school and college, before they've had much contact with the profession. (Though if there were more women in CS as freshmen, and that number dropped off as women did internships, that could point to professional culture problems after all.) So the main question: Is the percentage of women in CS in college on par with the percentage of women in the CS workforce? Can someone more familiar with all the different ways to measure this please chime in?