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>"There is something about IT that either appeals especially to males, or males are particularly skilled at." Oh please, have a look outside North America and
by fromhet 14y ago
>"There is something about IT that either appeals especially to males, or males are particularly skilled at."
Oh please, have a look outside North America and Europe. And at history. Chineese hackers and 'IT professionals' are of all genders. Hell, even in backwards US&Europe women are and has been computer heroes. Grace Hopper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper) and Ada Lovelace (http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace) for instance.
Just because European and American coulture is one way doesnt make it universally true.
- lmm 14y agoPlease. Yes, there are some very skilled female programmers. But they are very much the minority, as the fact that you had to go back 150 years to find a good example shows.
- radq 14y agoInterestingly, the field of Computer Programming used to be stereotyped as female just ~50 years ago. http://gender.stanford.edu/news/2011/researcher-reveals-how-%E2%80%9Ccomputer-geeks%E2%80%9D-replaced-%E2%80%9Ccomputergirls%E2%80%9D http://gender.stanford.edu/news/2011/researcher-reveals-how-...
- fromhet 14y agoI meant that outside of the cultural context we live in right now - 2012 + Europe/North America - the situation is different.