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A similar article could be written asking why so few men go into elementary school teaching or nursing. Men are just as qualified as women for these positions,
by Umalu 16y ago
A similar article could be written asking why so few men go into elementary school teaching or nursing. Men are just as qualified as women for these positions, but pursue them at a far lower rate than women do. Looking at qualifications clearly isn't enough. The hard question to answer is why so many qualified women choose careers other than CS.
- gaius 16y agoIn the UK at least, the answer to that is obvious - the government assumes that any male who wishes to work with children is a paedophile and the onus is on him to prove otherwise. So men simply refuse to endure that systematic humiliation. There are actually no barriers to women working in IT other than their personal interest in doing so.
- klaut 16y agoI have to agree with this comment. I've never seen a country so scared of children as is the UK.