The Role of Culture Culture plays a big role on the number of women in computer science. Starting at young ages, boys use computers more often than girls do. This has been found to be due to the nature of the majority of computer games on the market. Most of these games are male-oriented, as they tend to be games of war, fighting and death, which don't interest many girls. There are disproportionately low numbers of women in academic computer science and the computer industry.
Studies show that girls from grade school to high school are losing interest in computing.
This is the same culture that more males are very familiar with and therefore men find it easier to succeed in computer science. Girls will have to become more interested in computers before the number of women in computer fields increases.