Female, minority students took AP computer science in record numbers

Re:Female, minority students took AP computer science in rec... by jlelonm on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @10:43AM (#17918403)

I asked my girlfriend this, and she said a few things:

1) It looked tedious and frustrating to learn.

2) It's filled with a bunch of dudes, which makes her uncomfortable.

3) It doesn't come "naturally" to her so she thinks it'd be frustrating in the long run as well.

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Re:Female, minority students took AP computer science in rec... by umanwizard on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @11:04AM (#17918617)

So basically, she didn't want to do it for a variety of reasons, and freely decided not to.

How was anyone wronged here?

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Re:Female, minority students took AP computer science in rec... by michaelt on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @12:04PM (#17919179)

Depends if you think anyone is wronged by the gender pay gap, and whether (2) is one of the foundations of the gender pay gap.

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Re:Female, minority students took AP computer science in rec... by emodendroket on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @11:50AM (#17919038)

Our supposedly free choices are mediated by circumstance. Even in this apology (and really, am I supposed to be impressed with hearsay from a single woman?) one of the reasons is "I didn't want to enter a discipline that was overwhelmingly male."

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Re:Female, minority students took AP computer science in rec... by emodendroket on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @11:15AM (#17918713)

Thanks for your rigorous research.

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