tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post3827228816026358212..comments2023-07-10T07:12:16.641-04:00Comments on The Female Perspective of Computer Science: Why are we still geeks? Correcting media images of Computer Science / GHC13Gail Carmichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14173555781667297996noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-33133937395159743372013-10-11T09:51:57.299-04:002013-10-11T09:51:57.299-04:00I'd like to think it's getting better sinc...I'd like to think it's getting better since we don't all directly experience it (I have never felt out of place myself, for example), but you keep hearing stories (for example on Systers)...Gail Carmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173555781667297996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-853292874582578412013-10-11T09:38:54.431-04:002013-10-11T09:38:54.431-04:00Ah sorry, forgot to mention thank you for the post...Ah sorry, forgot to mention thank you for the post Gail. Very informative.<br /><br />Makes my blood boil there is still sexism in CS. It was rife back in my day in the 1990s when I was at College. Amoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11042877826653195803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-46618223245690739462013-10-10T04:27:34.287-04:002013-10-10T04:27:34.287-04:00I think parents need to take the bulk load of resp...I think parents need to take the bulk load of responsibility in encouraging CS for their daughters. I tell my daughter you can do anything you put your mind too & CS is like a tool box. Whatever you are passionate about and want to build, think - how could CS help me achieve that?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com