Important research for understanding the dearth of women in CS (it’s the classroom culture, not the material): http://www.washington.edu/news/2009/12/14/of-girls-and-geeks-environment-may-be-why-women-dont-like-computer-science/ …
@alephbass Common misconception. It is not about male vs female, but about nerds vs non-nerds. CS _is_ about spending nights coding etc.
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@alephbass That said, I do not mean to imply that sexism and misogyny are not real, and are not problems.
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@Plinz for sure. Agree on the spending time talking to machines problem. I like that study to validate that it’s not the material at fault.
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