But do you really think that in an emergency situation the medics will take the time to find out whether or not you're donating organs before administering care?
I doubt the problem is one of statistics on intelligence. Women just aren't encouraged to go into anything computer related as much as men are.
Upon becoming interested in computers, I've had people like my father ignoring my new obsession. He'll sit in front of me and talk about his newest techno toy with my brother, and anytime I try to comment he'll pretend to not have heard me.
And as one more example, I'll recount my experience at the store just last week. I went in to trade a PCI Ethernet card for an ISA one, and the guy started asking me questions while he was hunting around for the card. His boss started talking to me about Linux, and asking why I use it. He mentioned that he found it odd for "a girl like you to be interested in computers." It's this inability to go beyond someone's gender in everyday conversation that gets me. It would have been a perfectly lovely conversation if the guy hadn't brought my sex into it.
I don't want to be regarded as a girl who likes computers. Gender shouldn't have anything to do with it. It's not test scores or percentages that are going to give you the answer to why women avoid CS.
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Funny it's "hell week" and yet you still find the time to wait around anxiously for the first post.
But do you really think that in an emergency situation the medics will take the time to find out whether or not you're donating organs before administering care?
When the world's resources run dry, who will we blame? Those who prolonged their lives with transplants, or those taking up space with their graves?
My, someone's been reading too much Andromeda Strain.
I doubt the problem is one of statistics on intelligence. Women just aren't encouraged to go into anything computer related as much as men are.
Upon becoming interested in computers, I've had people like my father ignoring my new obsession. He'll sit in front of me and talk about his newest techno toy with my brother, and anytime I try to comment he'll pretend to not have heard me.
And as one more example, I'll recount my experience at the store just last week. I went in to trade a PCI Ethernet card for an ISA one, and the guy started asking me questions while he was hunting around for the card. His boss started talking to me about Linux, and asking why I use it. He mentioned that he found it odd for "a girl like you to be interested in computers." It's this inability to go beyond someone's gender in everyday conversation that gets me. It would have been a perfectly lovely conversation if the guy hadn't brought my sex into it.
I don't want to be regarded as a girl who likes computers. Gender shouldn't have anything to do with it. It's not test scores or percentages that are going to give you the answer to why women avoid CS.