Yes, so can we please stop pretending that it is a travesty that few women are interested in IT?
Sure, let them do it if they're interested, but if they aren't interested they don't need to have their noses rubbed into it in high school with the expectation that the gender gap in that particular career field will close.
It is probably not a consequence of any anatomical differences between the sexes that less females may be interested in a career in the IT industry, more a consequence of stereotype threat and a sense of not belonging.
I don't think advertising is too much of an issue with entertainment programming (other than maybe perpetuating negative stereotypes) but can be an issue when needed as revenue for news/current affairs programs. There will be pressure to not piss off advertisers and report topics with that in mind.
In fact, there's really only one major English-speaking country that uses the term "football" to refer, unambiguously, to Association Football, and that's the UK. Jamaica's not a major country, and its proximity to America means the term is probably somewhat ambiguous there. And India--which is only an English-speaking country in the sense that Canada is a French-speaking country--simply doesn't care, since nobody there follows any form of football. It's not cricket.:)
This is changing in Australia and New Zealand where both national federations have changed their names, now Football Federation Australia and New Zealand Football and in most media/news organisations the sport is referred to as football rather than soccer. However, soccer is still used commonly (especially amongst non fans of the sport) amongst the general public.
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Yes, so can we please stop pretending that it is a travesty that few women are interested in IT?
Sure, let them do it if they're interested, but if they aren't interested they don't need to have their noses rubbed into it in high school with the expectation that the gender gap in that particular career field will close.
It is probably not a consequence of any anatomical differences between the sexes that less females may be interested in a career in the IT industry, more a consequence of stereotype threat and a sense of not belonging.
I don't think advertising is too much of an issue with entertainment programming (other than maybe perpetuating negative stereotypes) but can be an issue when needed as revenue for news/current affairs programs. There will be pressure to not piss off advertisers and report topics with that in mind.
In fact, there's really only one major English-speaking country that uses the term "football" to refer, unambiguously, to Association Football, and that's the UK. Jamaica's not a major country, and its proximity to America means the term is probably somewhat ambiguous there. And India--which is only an English-speaking country in the sense that Canada is a French-speaking country--simply doesn't care, since nobody there follows any form of football. It's not cricket. :)
This is changing in Australia and New Zealand where both national federations have changed their names, now Football Federation Australia and New Zealand Football and in most media/news organisations the sport is referred to as football rather than soccer. However, soccer is still used commonly (especially amongst non fans of the sport) amongst the general public.
Some mention should go to http://au.xbox360.ign.com/articles/908/908609p1.htmlFifa 09 which does allow 10 v 10 online. And then there is http://www.footballmanagerlive.com/Football Manager Live which has thousands of managers around the world building their teams to glory.
Everything will end up white to reflect the sun rays and reduce global warming