In the late 80's I had to give a 3-week programming workshop to a group of 8 people in Bombay, India (now Mumbai). The group consisted of 7 women and one man. I was not used to such a demographic in a teaching group. So I asked: "Why are there so many women in this class". They looked at me with amazement: "Well, that's obvious. For programming you have to be able to use your brain!"