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Girls Go Geek Again

Posted by timothy on from the what's-the-goal-you-have-in-mind dept.

nessus42 writes "Computer science has always been a male-dominated field, right? Wrong. In 1987, 42% of the software developers in America were women. And 34% of the systems analysts in America were women. Women had started to flock to computer science in the mid-1960s, during the early days of computing, when men were already dominating other technical professions but had yet to dominate the world of computing. For about two decades, the percentages of women who earned Computer Science degrees rose steadily, peaking at 37% in 1984.... And then the women left. In droves. ...it looks like women are now returning to computer science."

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  1. Oh I'm sorry by shoehornjob · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought the headline read "girls DO geek again" and I got all excited for a minute there. Domn Slashdot misrepresenting headlines.

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    1. Re:Oh I'm sorry by robot256 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Not to be confused with "girls do geeks again", which has its own set of likelihoods.

  2. This may be true... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    But they certainly aren't in any of my classes. Which is of course, quite disappointing.

  3. Thank god! by Jailbrekr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its been a total sausage fest in I/T for the last 20 years. We need more women so we can act uncomfortable and awkward in what we consider our native surroundings.

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    1. Re:Thank god! by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Funny

      We need more women so we can act uncomfortable and awkward in what we consider our native surroundings.

      Wait, we're geeks ... I thought uncomfortable and awkward was our native surroundings. :-P

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  4. Honey, can you compile that code? by chrisj_0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    and then get me a beer :)