I have to agree with Patman here. I feel that Jon's article indicates that women only visit sites such as those under the ChickClick umbrella, and aren't interested in other issues. I strongly disagree. This article totally ignores all other contributions women have made to the net.
Also, Jon is only looking at ChickClick here. Umm... surprisingly enough, there are more sites on the net that are focussed at the 13-30 female age demographic than just that one and its associates. I personally find most of ChickClick's sites little better than junk, and no better than newspapers, with very little content and a high percentage of trolls. More research needed here!
As a female in Math/CS at a heavy Math/CS/Engineering school, I don't find that girls in CS have made any mistakes. None of the girls *I* know have lost anything by choosing a technically oriented major. In fact, the opposite -- they've gained knowledge and confidence in themselves. (And yes, we're all making nice salaries both on our co-op workterms and after graduation. And so are the boys.) None of the girls I know consider "feminity" at all important, whether they are in Arts, Science, Math, CS... and although they're ambitious, ambition is not their principal motivator. And they still manage to have good, meaningful relationships with nice guys. Frankly, you are who you are no matter what program you're in.
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This article totally ignores all other contributions women have made to the net.
Also, Jon is only looking at ChickClick here. Umm... surprisingly enough, there are more sites on the net that are focussed at the 13-30 female age demographic than just that one and its associates. I personally find most of ChickClick's sites little better than junk, and no better than newspapers, with very little content and a high percentage of trolls.
More research needed here!
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As a female in Math/CS at a heavy Math/CS/Engineering school, I don't find that girls in CS have made any mistakes. None of the girls *I* know have lost anything by choosing a technically oriented major. In fact, the opposite -- they've gained knowledge and confidence in themselves. (And yes, we're all making nice salaries both on our co-op workterms and after graduation. And so are the boys.)
None of the girls I know consider "feminity" at all important, whether they are in Arts, Science, Math, CS... and although they're ambitious, ambition is not their principal motivator. And they still manage to have good, meaningful relationships with nice guys. Frankly, you are who you are no matter what program you're in.