This is largely due to Title IX, legislation enacted in 1972 that outlawed sex discrimination by schools receiving federal funds. Now girls are playing ice hockey, softball and basketball, with sweaty bodies bumping up against each other. Few doubt that more girls playing sports is a good thing, and more boys living sedentary lives isn't. But some observers say the male computer geeks may win down the road, dominating boardrooms in the information age. The American Association of University Women says that while boys learn to program, too many girls use the computer as little more than a glorified typewriter.
Girls use it for school, for word processing, as a means to an end.
Boys are more into computer games, chat rooms and that sort of thing. Laurie Wooding isn't too concerned for her gymnast daughter, though. Used with permission.