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The researchers asked nearly 300 students from Stanford University and the University of Washington to describe computer science students. Intelligent, technolo
by ekm2 13y ago
The researchers asked nearly 300 students from Stanford University and the University of Washington to describe computer science students. Intelligent, technology-oriented, singularly focused on computers, socially awkward, interested in science fiction and video games and physically unattractive were among the most common responses.
Ouch.
Maybe if all male CS majors started working out regularly,female enrolment would improve?
- coldtea 13y ago>Maybe if all male CS majors started working out regularly,female enrolment would improve? Well, I don't see male enrollment being that high for air-stewardresses or female enrollment being that high for fire departments either.
- Morphling 13y agoMaybe it's partly because Firemen's work is hard and physically demanding and your average firemen doesn't look like what you average woman imagines. On the matter of most of us CS "geeks" and "nerds" looking not-so-attractive, it is simply because a lot of our lives happen online where your physical appearance doesn't matter and while growing up most of us didn't go to the popular kids parties and that way learn how to be social and look/dress confidently, so in a way if more females would be interested in CS and would pick up some of the worst cases the image of the whole group would rise in few generations, but that's not going to happen. I feel like most CS majors only get hang of social etiquette and learn how to dress attractively after graduating.
- canttestthis 13y agoOh wow. Can you imagine the reverse? If there was a major with primarily female enrollment, and someone said "maybe if the women were more attractive, there'd be more men enrolled there", there would be outrage.
- KurtMueller 13y agoI can imagine the reverse. It's called Women's Studies. Boom! Roasted.