The extent to which it is natural is a diversion (as seen by the inevitable responses to your comment). More damning, I think, are the experiences that many wo

The extent to which it is natural is a diversion (as seen by the inevitable responses to your comment). More damning, I think, are the experiences that many women have said discourage them from being programmers, e.g.: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Issues http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Issues > However, fixing a problem is only possible if you don't deny it. Yup. I'm always slightly shocked by how eager HN is to find any explanation for the lack of female programmers that isn't societal.