[zackchase]

The two statements here may be factually true. 1) You had a hard time. 2) Your female classmates, all else being equal, did better. But there's something unsettling about the implication. Namely, by putting these two assertions together, you suggest that they have something to do with each other, which, given the appallingly low representation of women in all areas of computer science, is obviously not true.

[strathmeyer]

All things weren't equal. The women weren't as qualified so we had to help them catch up. Not sure what kind of help we were supposed to expect from them though. Plenty of white knights to knock us down, though. I haven't worked in any areas of computer science with appalling low representations of women, sorry. Where have you been seeing it?