I think the idea is that women CAN get into compsci if they want to or are interested, it's just that on average, they appear not to be?
It sort of feels like saying there aren't enough people named Gavin in compsci. Why do we need people named Gavin? If Gavin wants to do compsci, that's cool, but if not, then he can go do whatever makes him happy?
The point is, we don't need _person type X_ simply for the sake of an equal number of all types of people. Unequal numbers/types of people don't necessarily mean they're being kept out, that doesn't follow.
There aren't enough male hairdressers? There aren't enough female linesmen? There aren't enough Democrats named Duane?
Whether or not this is true I don't know, I just consider this the popular sentiment.
I could be an elementary school teacher as a male, I'm just not inclined to. I don't feel kept out.
It sort of feels like saying there aren't enough people named Gavin in compsci. Why do we need people named Gavin? If Gavin wants to do compsci, that's cool, but if not, then he can go do whatever makes him happy?
The point is, we don't need _person type X_ simply for the sake of an equal number of all types of people. Unequal numbers/types of people don't necessarily mean they're being kept out, that doesn't follow.
There aren't enough male hairdressers? There aren't enough female linesmen? There aren't enough Democrats named Duane?
Whether or not this is true I don't know, I just consider this the popular sentiment.
I could be an elementary school teacher as a male, I'm just not inclined to. I don't feel kept out.