http://bowdoinorient.com/article/10569
The gender imbalance of those who study computer science has been an obvious fact since the beginning of computers. From the start, the culture around programming was unique and very influential. One example would be the effect this culture has done to the strict business culture. Although it has thought to be very progressive, in general the culture has had a repelling effect towards females. The programming scene was a guys thing. In the article by, The Bowdoin Orient, they report how this imbalance of genders is starting to change. There was the a whole conference focused on women in computing in which 12,000 female college students attended. This was unthinkable a few years ago. There was one school in particular which had a doubled female enrollment in their computer science program over a short period of time. Other schools are also approaching this trend. Companies are providing extra support for women programmers. These events are advancing us closer to a time where we may not have the issue of not enough support for women in computer science. This will allow it to grow more naturally. Maybe a more important effect of these treads is that the current female-excluding programmer culture will change for the better.
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