Let me preface this by saying I love CS guys once I got to know them, but....
I'm a cute girl. I'm a social girl. But until I consistently did better on tests in all my CS classes than 90% of the guys, you guys treated me like I was some drooling idiot... even after getting me to help you with your homework! No, I don't spend my spare time at home coding when I could be socializing. No, I'm not up on every bit of breaking news in the tech world. And CS guys seem to equate social activity with mental deficiency.
So take it easy on the girls in your first/second year CS classes, and maybe less of them will change majors.... I'm too stubborn to let you guys push me around, but early on I considered changing majors to something where my classmates weren't so condescending...
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Let me preface this by saying I love CS guys once I got to know them, but.... I'm a cute girl. I'm a social girl. But until I consistently did better on tests in all my CS classes than 90% of the guys, you guys treated me like I was some drooling idiot... even after getting me to help you with your homework! No, I don't spend my spare time at home coding when I could be socializing. No, I'm not up on every bit of breaking news in the tech world. And CS guys seem to equate social activity with mental deficiency. So take it easy on the girls in your first/second year CS classes, and maybe less of them will change majors.... I'm too stubborn to let you guys push me around, but early on I considered changing majors to something where my classmates weren't so condescending...