> "all the girls that should be in CS are going to math instead, they think CS is a boys' club" One of my female classmates who took an intro CS as an elective

> "all the girls that should be in CS are going to math instead, they think CS is a boys' club" One of my female classmates who took an intro CS as an elective hated how the class was run. Essentially half the class was already proficient in programming and were expected to solve the problems on your own without talking. This was different than my math classes which were more likely to have female teachers and we were to work in groups to solve problems (this was how precalc was done). She said she felt scared by the expectation to already know these things before the class begun and all the silence while working.