The problem is that some women are interested in programming, but are discouraged by the education process, which is as male-dominated as the field itself. I k

The problem is that some women are interested in programming, but are discouraged by the education process, which is as male-dominated as the field itself. I know several guys who are in fashion, nursing and other female-dominated fields, but they have never been made to feel ostracized and alienated to the extent that budding female programmers are.