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The article has the answer of why women aren't in tech fields:

Choosing computer science is an unnecessarily tough choice and one you aren't going to make unless you are one of the stubborn girls like I was

Women in western countries have a lot of life choices that don't include working at an office job. The article talks about IT tracks conflicting with drama tracks... I was thinking "wtf?". If you have drama as one of the main reason for going to school, then you're not really worried about having to earn a living some day. Must be nice.

For men, getting a career to earn a living is what's beaten into you from a very young age. I chose IT as a study and a career because it intersected with the sets of "things that can earn me a decent living" and "things that interest me".

The article goes on to say that the solution is to do more advocacy to encourage women to get into STEM; but that does nothing to really address the root cause... as though it could or should.




"If you have drama as one of the main reason for going to school, then you're not really worried about having to earn a living some day. Must be nice."

Bingo




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