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Re:Why is Russia so good at encouraging women into tech? by TorKlingberg on Friday April 21, 2017 @08:34AM (#14164926)
I don't think you mean that >50% is better, but your general point is right. Other STEM fields are not as male dominated. Even physics is not as bad as CS. I had several women TAs in physics, but none in CS/programming.
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Re:Why is Russia so good at encouraging women into tech? by douche on Friday April 21, 2017 @09:04AM (#14165170)
Others are far worse than IT, like mechanical engineering.
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Re:Why is Russia so good at encouraging women into tech? by tptacek on Friday April 21, 2017 @09:13AM (#14165239)
CS, EE, MechE, Physics.

When you say "others" it's helpful to convey the distribution. Overwhelmingly, STEM has better gender parity than CS. And MechE might be the only STEM field worse than CS.

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