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Calling All Computer Science Women?

Posted by Cliff on from the breaking-the-gender-barrier dept.

SemiBarbaricPrincess asks: "I'm currently in the middle of starting a 'Women In Computer Science' group at my college, and I'm wondering what other groups are out there, and what they do to help boost the number of women in CS." Slashdot last touched on this subject in this article from January. For the women readers in our audience: what do you think would be helpful in attracting more women to the world of computing?

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  1. Why aren't there more men in childcare? by dotgain · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Yes, rhetorical question.
    We may as well ask why there aren't as many women:
    • plumbers
    • electricians
    • digger drivers
    Before the abolishment of common sense in 1993, the question was never asked why some jobs seemed to be predominated by one particular gender.

    No, it's nothing to do with heavy lifting, hard thinking and so on. Surely by now we must understand that there are actually more than a couple of differences between men and women?