[koonsolo]

I think this is a US-tech issue, and not a tech issue. I'm from Belgium, so maybe other Europeans can confirm or deny this.

My wife is an aerospace engineer who worked as a programmer for quite a while (and in my 'objective' opinion she's prettier than average ;)). She had a surprised "You can work with computers???" comment once, but that is about it. She worked >10 years in the tech industry, and so have I. I've never seen women treated like that, and I worked with quite a few. Such stories would raise quite some eyebrows here, and won't only be considered very unprofessional, but also lacks normal social behavior.

What I notice is that, every time such an issue pops up (about how women in tech are treated), it's always in the US. Seems more like a cultural issue to me, but I might be wrong.

[cpncrunch]

Yes, I completely agree. I worked at a lot of companies in the UK, and it was normal to have female developers (both pretty and not so pretty). I find it very strange that the US has such an issue with this topic.