If girls don't want to pursue Computer Science, why force them to? The majority of girls simply don't enjoy programming. Some (like my sister), do. The rest are free to pursue whichever other career they prefer. Although the media tries to paint it as a matter of nurture, it's mostly a difference in nature between men's and women's preferences.
The only reason this push to get girls into STEM exists in the first place is because of all the money and opportunities that are pouring into tech careers. You don't hear the media complain about the gender gap for boiler repair technicians or the reverse gender gap in nursing.
Considering most male-dominated occupations are due to them being physically demanding, I do agree that software development stands out as a bit of an odd-one out if you look at the list below.
But as you can see, the gender imbalance problem is no worse than those of healthcare sectors.
Where is the same political outcry about under representation of male nurses, even though RN is highly paid, physically demanding work. Why aren't we pushing men to go into caregiver fields where the imbalance is much worse?
Is it so taboo to say that perhaps it's because women excel at some of these fields than men? And vice versa?
Look, it's good to acknowledge that the imbalance exists, and do an honest root cause analysis and try to remedy it.
But this has be become such a politicized topic that they're making documentaries about this, and even private sector CEOs are getting involved. Why?
Also where's the outrage that there aren't as many female car mechanics? And how come we're not pressured into referring to them as "she"? And why don't we call nurses "he" like we're supposed to call programmers "she"?
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 26.5 ms ] threadThe only reason this push to get girls into STEM exists in the first place is because of all the money and opportunities that are pouring into tech careers. You don't hear the media complain about the gender gap for boiler repair technicians or the reverse gender gap in nursing.
Fred On Everything shared a similar opinion: http://www.fredoneverything.net/Coders.shtml
https://www.dol.gov/wb/stats/occ_gender_share_em_1020_txt.ht...
But as you can see, the gender imbalance problem is no worse than those of healthcare sectors.
Where is the same political outcry about under representation of male nurses, even though RN is highly paid, physically demanding work. Why aren't we pushing men to go into caregiver fields where the imbalance is much worse?
Is it so taboo to say that perhaps it's because women excel at some of these fields than men? And vice versa?
Look, it's good to acknowledge that the imbalance exists, and do an honest root cause analysis and try to remedy it.
But this has be become such a politicized topic that they're making documentaries about this, and even private sector CEOs are getting involved. Why?