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You seem to have skipped the "read my post" step and jumped straight to the "reply" step. Women are not "so well-represented in chemistry". As I said, the com
by imanaccount247 12y ago
You seem to have skipped the "read my post" step and jumped straight to the "reply" step. Women are not "so well-represented in chemistry". As I said, the complaint is generally that women are under represented in STEM fields period, which is why I responded as such. The latter part of my post addresses the "I just want CS to steal the few STEM interested women from chemistry" case.
- tptacek 12y agoI don't understand this response, since the representation of women in chemistry is a fact I believe I introduced to the thread, not something you introduced that I responded to. The participation of women in other STEM fields is very inconvenient to your argument, which you've made clearly and repeatedly, that the gender gap in computer science owes largely to a preference among women to avoid CS.
- imanaccount247 12y agoAs HN seems to be designed to prevent conversations, I can not reply frequently enough to be wasting my posts on someone who simply does not read them. I do not know how to make my post any clearer. The participation of women in other STEM fields reinforces my argument. Women are a minority across the board. This is why the discussion is always about needing more women in STEM, not just CS specifically. As I said, if you wish to steal away the minority of women interested in STEM fields from other STEM fields, I suggest tackling the problem of feminists loudly proclaiming CS to be sexist all the time. I do not believe that is an effective way to market CS to women.