Rik Hemsley wrote:
>
> I know at my uni there were hardly any women doing physics, but I
> also know that I didn't talk to most of the people on my Comp Sci
> course because they were a bunch of geeks. Perhaps women were also
> put off the course because of the extreme levels of geekiness ?
> I have wondered why Psychology is almost exclusively female while
> Comp Sci and Physics are male-dominated. Is it really just social
> conditioning and/or the effect of societal pressures, or is it just
> that women are less attracted to Physics and Comp Sci ? Are these
> two sciences 'pushed' more to males ?
> I really don't know the answers. I'm inclined to believe that
> societal pressures (peer groups etc) and conditioning (girls get
> Barbie, boys get Action Man type stuff) are to blame.
> I find it hard to believe that women are simply less inclined to
> have an interest in Comp Sci and Physics.
Congratulations. That's about where 'Women's Studies 101' starts.
That is not sarcasm, either.
1. That really truly IS where 'women's studies' courses start, and
what thoughtful women and a select group of men (eg, this list) take
as base assumptions from which to work.
2. A hell of a lot of people, of both genders, never reach this
point.
3. Almost everything so far is questions. We don't have answers
either.
Jenn V.
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"We're repairing the coolant loop of a nuclear fusion reactor.
This is women's work!"
Helix, Freefall. http://www.purrsia.com/freefall/
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