No, actually the fact that women choose STEM least where they have most freedom to choose supports the ample evidence that men and women have different interests on average. https://twitter.com/inquirer2772/status/959605964273016834 …
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So the hypothesis is now "There is an innate gender gap in interest in computer science, but no such gap in physical sciences - and until the mid 80s this was disguised by women being forced into computer science"? It's possible, but very elaborate
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No. There are gaps all over the physical sciences with women dominating some areas and men others. But during the 80s, equal pay laws came into effect and women were more able to do what they really wanted. Also tech became increasingly...well, technical.
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People usually don’t mention computing underwent a complete revolution in the late 80s and the field of comp sci changed drastically with the introduction of the microprocessor. Nothing pre-microprocessor would be considered a computer in the modern sense.
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Sorry, late 70s
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..and I suspect that a generation of boys who got interested via 1980s home computers could be a big factor. Use of %ages in that graph may obscure that "growth spurt".
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Film editing used to be seen as the preserve of women given its similiarities to sewing! Point is- we can't rule out a stereotype effect influencing its popularity to begin with.
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Possible, but there seem to be a lot of possibilities. That is not how I have heard it told from women in CS I personally know who lived through that change point and concerns by women about CS departments were being raised at that very time. For example: http://www.math.utah.edu/~newren/linux/random/download/cause-gpdf-crash.pdf …
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