[danjoc]

I'll add a second observation Dinah. Toxic personalities like the sort you run into on message boards are great at chasing women out of tech. The sort of person who will attack you with nothing but anecdotes to claim there is no gender imbalance in a field like tech or teaching, despite clear evidence of the opposite. These people demand the last word, so the only option women have is to sit down, shut up, and be put in their place... or leave. My experience is that most girls choose to leave.