what careers do women want
I have found myself in this discussion many times before and it often descends into a shouting match.
To be objective about what the gender issues are in computer science we need to have some idea of what happens in the occupations that women choose instead of IT.
What about mid-wives? How many of them are men? Do they have soul-searching debates or shouting matches about how to encourage more boys to consider midwifery as a profession?
According the one conversation that I have ever had with a mid-wife, the ratio is 100:1.
(As a gay man, I have not had occasion to use their services.)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
