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Only 20% of AP CS test takers are female, and in three states (Mississippi, Montana, and Wyoming) not a single female sat for the test. Female CS graduation nu
by skwirl 12y ago
Only 20% of AP CS test takers are female, and in three states (Mississippi, Montana, and Wyoming) not a single female sat for the test. Female CS graduation numbers have been falling for decades, since long before "brogrammers" and hackathons and frequent large non-academic conferences were a thing (at least to today's extent).
While I'm glad attention is being given to the terrible behavior of a small number of men in tech who have no social skills to speak of, if you really want to talk about the ratio problem, you have to talk about how to get girls into tech when they are children.
- pardees 12y agoHey, I'm the author. Thank you for reading my blog post. I agree with you that getting girls interested in technology when they are younger will help with the ratio problem; however, we do need to give attention to this small number of men in technology because they are the ones who make this industry so hostile for women. If we do not address this problem, then the efforts in getting girls into tech when they are children will be undermined by this aforementioned environment and those girls will leave the industry.