[ashedryden]

It's interesting to me that there are so many programs dedicated specifically to girls.

My issue growing up and being a huge science/math/history geek wasn't that I didn't have access to these things as a girl, but that the clubs and groups didn't seem that open to girls and the boys in them certainly weren't.

I organize tech groups and barcamps in Milwaukee and, being the only female organizer, I'm frequently asked what I do to promote more activity and involvement from women. It's interesting to me because the community puts it on the minority to make the minority comfortable when it's the exact opposite that needs to happen. Women/girls aren't attending events or clubs because they aren't populated with other women, but because they feel they are singled out for being women instead of being science geeks like everyone else there.