Worse yet, it's a statement that I've heard more from women than men. There is no evidence to support this notion. Certainly there has been and is a bias toward men being more involved with computers and technology, as clearly demonstrated by the organization and the content of the Web. Nevertheless, as anyone who has visited an elementary or middle school will attest, when computers are available in the classroom, they are fought over by both the girls and the boys. Times are changing.
Technology knows no gender bias.
Sheila Marcus, M.D., assistant clinical professor, director of ambulatory division, department of psychiatry, University of Michigan, came to our group a couple of years ago and expressed an interest in computers. Yet despite an obvious aptitude, she talked about her son and her husband being the people in her life that she would turn to. In the accompanying article she talks about her fears and doubts. Not bad for a person who felt that she could never learn about computers. These are just a few of the myths we've heard.