For an introductory class she might be correct. While many other domains have their trolls gaming and programming just seem to bring out the most. I've been at

For an introductory class she might be correct. While many other domains have their trolls gaming and programming just seem to bring out the most. I've been at the group table when some idiot CS major has decreed that only his ideas are worthy because he's been programming since 9 and you only started a month ago. This was an intro course, he wasn't that great to be around and 1/5 of the class was just like him. A lot of universities have been trying to fix it, but it's the CS major itself that caused most of the problems. You weren't allowed to collaborate so people got frustrated early on (ie. you think you suck, you think everyone else is better than you, you quit the program based on false data). Some of the instructors were hostile toward women (they eventually retired or were replaced). And they couldn't get an intro course going that didn't appear to dumb down the material. Plus a woman only intro CS course violates Title 9.