Wednesday, March 14, 2012

The CS Gender Gap is Natural

It is well known that computer science is a male-dominated field. After much research, the most reasonable cause for this phenomena is that women just don't enjoy tinkering with gadgets. The proposed solution to the gender gap is to change computer science so that tinkering is not required. This would be accomlished by teaching computer science more like mathematics. That could tear down some barriers for women, but what about the effect it would have on the men? Lets take another step back and ask, why is the gender gap a problem? A lot of research was done in order to prove whether social injustice was the cause. But now we know the culprit is more natural and we can rest at ease.

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