>It could just as easily be due to the industry being perceived as being distinctively male and that puts off young women from enrolling in CS. Quite possibly.

>It could just as easily be due to the industry being perceived as being distinctively male and that puts off young women from enrolling in CS. Quite possibly. That perception lies 100% on the idiots that write articles/comments/facebook posts/tweets parroting the idea that the industry is sexist because of the ratio though. Every time there is an article questioning what the industry can do about "it's sexism problem", it just makes things worse.