Good point - could be. But again, I think we need to be careful not to say that this is occuring because of their gender. I know of a lot of friends who are act

Good point - could be. But again, I think we need to be careful not to say that this is occuring because of their gender. I know of a lot of friends who are actually very good at IT, but who have a broader view of society, art and literature. Many of these friends are male :-) One thing it may be is that the hiring policies dictated that the people she works with a very focused on IT only and don't have a broader view of the outside world. I would argue that's a problem in the company she works in - after all there are moments in IT where a great idea froms from outside computing. The best example I can think of is Design Patterns, which came from architecture.