I agree, but there's a second half that people need to consider. CS is missing out on women, but are women missing out on CS? To paraphrase Phil Greenspun (fr

I agree, but there's a second half that people need to consider. CS is missing out on women, but are women missing out on CS? To paraphrase Phil Greenspun (from the "women in science" essay), we need to ask if CS "is a sufficiently good career that people should debate who is privileged enough to work at it?" CS at a reputable university is hard. Seriously, seriously hard. I have no doubt that people who can handle this can also handle the academic rigor of a bio major followed by med school, and they sure as hell can handle an econ major followed by an MBA, or sociology major followed by law school. So I'd start by asking: what are the women who are able to do CS doing instead, and would it be in their better interest to stop doing that and study CS?