Comments on: Geeks drive girls out of computer science http://jrwren.wrenfam.com/blog/2009/12/17/geeks-drive-girls-out-of-computer-science/ babblings of a computer loving fool Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:52:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jrwren http://jrwren.wrenfam.com/blog/2009/12/17/geeks-drive-girls-out-of-computer-science/comment-page-1/#comment-31189 jrwren Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:40:26 +0000 http://jrwren.wrenfam.com/blog/2009/12/17/geeks-drive-girls-out-of-computer-science/#comment-31189 NO WAY. I wouldn't want to work in scented cancle land anymore than I want to work in nascar land, or jedi land. That said, I'd love working the jungle potted plant land. Higher air quality would be great. NO WAY. I wouldn’t want to work in scented cancle land anymore than I want to work in nascar land, or jedi land.

That said, I’d love working the jungle potted plant land. Higher air quality would be great.

]]> By: Anne http://jrwren.wrenfam.com/blog/2009/12/17/geeks-drive-girls-out-of-computer-science/comment-page-1/#comment-31188 Anne Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:25:33 +0000 http://jrwren.wrenfam.com/blog/2009/12/17/geeks-drive-girls-out-of-computer-science/#comment-31188 I'll bet in an office decorated with potted plants, scented candles, an gauzy curtains you can find a woman who talks football and Nascar, but as a snap judgement, do you want to work there? I’ll bet in an office decorated with potted plants, scented candles, an gauzy curtains you can find a woman who talks football and Nascar, but as a snap judgement, do you want to work there?

]]> By: Marina http://jrwren.wrenfam.com/blog/2009/12/17/geeks-drive-girls-out-of-computer-science/comment-page-1/#comment-31179 Marina Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:13:10 +0000 http://jrwren.wrenfam.com/blog/2009/12/17/geeks-drive-girls-out-of-computer-science/#comment-31179 First of all, just because YOU are not a 100% typical nerd doesn't mean that nerdy culture doesn't exist in the CS/software world. Denying that you're a part of it doesn't prove that it isn't prevalent, or that it isn't a problem in attracting women (and "non-nerdy" guys) to the field. But honestly, I don't think it's the nerdy culture that's the main problem. At the end of the article they also mention that it's a cultural construction, not a fact, that women are turned off by steoretypically geek objects. And in fact, there are lots more women from other cultures (Chinese or Indian, for example) in tech fields. So that tells me we should change our culture in the US, not our office environments. So it's up to you to raise your daughter thinking technology is cool, not geeky! First of all, just because YOU are not a 100% typical nerd doesn’t mean that nerdy culture doesn’t exist in the CS/software world. Denying that you’re a part of it doesn’t prove that it isn’t prevalent, or that it isn’t a problem in attracting women (and “non-nerdy” guys) to the field.

But honestly, I don’t think it’s the nerdy culture that’s the main problem. At the end of the article they also mention that it’s a cultural construction, not a fact, that women are turned off by steoretypically geek objects. And in fact, there are lots more women from other cultures (Chinese or Indian, for example) in tech fields. So that tells me we should change our culture in the US, not our office environments. So it’s up to you to raise your daughter thinking technology is cool, not geeky!

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