Maybe it's actually the time that men became more interested in software. The first programmers were mostly females because men in STEM were probably more inte

Maybe it's actually the time that men became more interested in software. The first programmers were mostly females because men in STEM were probably more interested in physics and hardware. This is entirely a hunch on my part, but even the term "soft-ware" sounds almost derogatory. Imagine if math was called a soft science? Why, it's all imaginary! I think the term "soft science" is some derogatory towards fields like social sciences.