Nobody is willing to take seriously the fact that if women have been pursuing technical careers at the same rate as men since 1984, then there would be no shortage. We have great programs out there for girls and women, but they are too small, they are under-funded. All these people and companies with gobs of money ought to be putting their money where their mouth is. It's that the interest is either driven out of them or never allowed to blossom. It shows how very easily girls wind up getting less experience on computers than boys do.
Boys are wilder and more aggressive.
So when there is computer time available, they will push the girls off. If teachers and parents don't do something about that, the girls won't fight back. So by the time you get to high school, you've gone through the last 10 years not getting as much exposure as boys. Even if you haven't lost interest, you feel like you are behind. Send it .