[mhartl]

It's amazing how many more people complain about this:

Women receive fewer than a fifth of the bachelor's degrees awarded in computer science...

than this:

...even though they get nearly 60 percent of all bachelor's degrees...

[NonEUCitizen]

The article also mentioned:

"In 1980, 30 percent of the computer science degrees went to women."

If true, why is the percentage going down?

[jkmcf]

The number of men went up?

[mahyarm]

People are starting to complain more about the second fact more and more nowadays, even compared to 2 years ago. Will there start to be widespread men's only scholarships soon and other affirmative action style things for men? Who knows.

[cg]

There arguably already are.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20111646-503544.html

[genwin]

My son likes programming-ish things (like modding games). My daughter likes shopping and texting. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with one being a boy and the other being a girl. (Yet more female software developers would be great!)