"The reason there aren’t more women computer scientists is because there aren’t more women computer scientists." The reason is, that programming changed from a

"The reason there aren’t more women computer scientists is because there aren’t more women computer scientists." The reason is, that programming changed from a badly payed women job in the 70s to a highly payed men job in the 80s. Nearly no man would work as a coder today, if we assume old female salaries. The personal computer created the lony male computer autistic - and this culture change, together with the male elbow and sexism drove women out of coding.