[delhanty]

Thank you for reply.

>There just aren't that many of us

That was my point really - female geeks/nerds existed back in the day before tech was cool.

It's just the natural level of interest (NOT ability) seemed to be more like 10% rather than 50%.

[purpleostrich]

It's hard to say. I'd say any natural interest I had in science was ignored or actively suppressed by my family. I think it's no accident that I did not embrace computers until after I was a financially independent adult.

If my family had encouraged me and others like me earlier, the numbers of us surely would've been larger.