I believe that sex segregation behaves a lot like other segregation issues. It can happen by policy and with ill intent, but also completely without. Often the

I believe that sex segregation behaves a lot like other segregation issues. It can happen by policy and with ill intent, but also completely without. Often the blame is put on the "recruiting" side of things. Are girls drawn into CS classes? Are they encouraged to participate? But the bigger question is when and how are they discouraged? When and why do they leave the "track" towards "hackerdom" or the software engineering workforce. Maybe we should become more mindful of the situations in which we are assuming a girl/woman can't be interested in programming. Maybe we should become more mindful of when we make it uncomfortable for them.