-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 09 October 2002 09:12, Shawn Grover wrote: > Aaron, I don't think the fact that there are fewer women than men in the > tech fields has much to do with a "boys club mentality". I think it has > more to do with the fact that there are fewer women in math related fields > - more because a womans brain does work a bit differently than mens, and as > I understand it, most women do not understand the math and/or logic > required. (disclaimer - that is simply my own observation based on my own > experiences with women in the field, and a few reports I have read over > time).
you may want to read this HOWTO: http://www.nmt.edu/~val/howto.html when i'm talking to female professionals (which there are lots of in just about every field outside of technology these days) and they ask how many women are in the Free software community, I have to give them the unfortunate but obvious answer ("relatively few") . then they usually ask with honest curiosity, "why?" i hate that question, because the answer is not one i'm proud of. - -- Aaron J. Seigo GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler" - Albert Einstein -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9pFFr1rcusafx20MRAhBpAJ9oVYO1xBb841m9n3IlZsIhW0XBqwCgqIrT eP+lKkpihzGlOfSh6a0PD1E= =oauD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
