Software development was dominated by women in the early days because men supposedly deemed it low class job. I actually think the real issue is that men are n

Software development was dominated by women in the early days because men supposedly deemed it low class job. I actually think the real issue is that men are not always professional when working with women that they find attractive. Time for personal anecdote: Every woman I know in tech has been hit on by coworkers, sometimes multiple times even though turning down the man. Depending on the guy, it can get real nasty. In addition, they all hear the same thing at least once "Wow you know programming/hacking/linux, pretty cool for being a girl". Imaging hearing that shit over and over again, of course you will quit. My point is, there are many factors at play here. Sadly, I don't think there is a good solution to this problem.