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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by sundvor on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @10:23AM (#14958005)
Back in the 80s, the computers (Vic20s/C64s) sold themselves to my group of friends in grades 4-8; we were not subject to any marketing in Norway. Games were not the primary motivator, BASIC programming was.

Alas, I knew no girls who were into this even the slightest.

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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by richmarr on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @12:14PM (#14959327)
Sure. I can't speak to what influenced you or friends, or the girls you knew... just that it's not a worldwide phenomenon, and is restricted to CS rather than other STEM fields... so seems to fit. There may be no way to ever know for sure.
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