Women's Enrollment In Computer Science Correlates Negatively With Net Access

New submitter MoriT sends this excerpt from a post examining the correlation between women's enrollment in computer science programs at college and their access to the internet. "There is currently a responsibility-dodging contest between industry and academia over who is to blame for the declining enrollment of women in Computer Science and declining employment of women in software development. I hear people in industry bemoan the 'empty pipeline,' while academics maintain that women aren't entering their programs because of perceptions of the industry. I have compiled some data that may help resolve the question by highlighting a third factor common to both: access to an Internet-based culture of computing. ... I conclude that in the last 10 years among many Northern European nations, rising Internet access is correlated with falling interest in computer science relative to other professions among women. The group of Mediterranean nations that show a positive correlation should be a fruitful area for future research, but seem outliers from the Northern cohort."

Comments

Re:Why is this even an issue?

[Johann Lau]

Blame? really? Last time I checked, people have a free choice as to what field they want to work/study in. If women choose not to do CS then its entirely their choice. No one is to blame.

Spoken like the ignorant white middle class male you most likely are. Last time you checked? That would be never, you're not paying any fucking attention.

I don't see any corresponding massive outcry about how to get more men in those fields.

Because those are for the most part low-status, low-paying servant style jobs. You actually post that and think you're pointing out something clever? HOLY FUCKING SHIT. You just killed your own argument; unless of course you meant to say women generally enjoy being slaves.

Why the fuck am I even talking to you. Bah. *shudders*