The myth of the computer science gene
This is a great slideshow on a topic I have written about a few times; computer science, women’s brains and gender differences in what are perceived to be ‘male’ subjects.
Slide 21 is particularly helpful for the intelligence debate…
How does biology explain the low numbers of women in computer science? Hint: it doesn’t.
View more presentations from Terri Oda.
People need to realise that the diagram below works for women and men. Oh and how it does.
Nerd Venn Diagram
Previous posts on female/male intelligence and women and open source software.
October 20th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Thanks for that. I did wonder what those words meant, now I know.
PS the IT dept I worked in back in the 80s was about 40% women.
October 21st, 2009 at 5:54 pm
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February 4th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
This is awesome! I have been trying to make this same argument for years.
I’m so glad I discovered your blog
August 27th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
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