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Re:Despite social pressure, boys and girls still prefer gend... by nobodyandproud on Saturday May 22, 2021 @09:13AM (#27246183)
Yes, but forcing balance via quota; or taking a naive approach like shoveling comp sci to girls; is taking a hammer approach to a very nuanced problem.

Programming used to be done by women. At some point it flipped, but even in the 1980s there was clearly greatness https://www.fastcompany.com/90151279/the-woman-supercomputer...

Though note that the above designer went off to become an artist.

Rather than forcing the issue, the question that ought to be asked is what made/makes a former mostly-women dominated field appear so unappealing to women today?

I should also point out to that high paying and very physically demanding jobs such as nursing are dominated by women.

The issue can be as simple as a image problem. Kids, who wants to be lazy, mostly alone in front of a screen, and solving problems quietly, and get paid well for it?

Of course, no one will even ask this question if it’s career suicide to do so.

Re:Despite social pressure, boys and girls still prefer gend... by loopz on Saturday May 22, 2021 @11:11AM (#27247264)
80's became a huge boom to individuality and cut-throat competition, just saying.
Re:Despite social pressure, boys and girls still prefer gend... by nobodyandproud on Saturday May 22, 2021 @09:58PM (#27251844)
What does the 1980s being cutthroat have anything to do with the topic at hand?
Re:Despite social pressure, boys and girls still prefer gend... by loopz on Sunday May 23, 2021 @05:35AM (#27253660)
Sorry forgot explanation.

Alphamales tend to create and thrive in such workplace environment, to detriment of everyone else.