Women get pulled into roles that require a lot of their time. Children first come to mind. My wife has the same computer science degree I have. One of us had to attend school meetings, get kids to the bus, etc. That is the role she is playing right now. There may be other demands than family, but that has got to be the biggest reason for the difference.
Before you hit me about woman's lib and such, remember that each couple makes a choice. My wife could have gotten a job writing software. She would be very good at it. That is not important though and since she has been out of practice for many years, getting back it would be quite difficult. We have a profession that requires a lot of dedication to keep up with what is going on. Not as bad as doctors of course, but certainly more demanding than a real estate agent, bus driver, or other jobs that don't take so much of your time that you are able to spend little time elsewhere. On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 3:45 AM, Vince O'Sullivan <[email protected]>wrote: > On Oct 1, 4:12 am, Dianne Marsh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey all, > : > > Dianne > > Oh, my god! Someone's let a woman in! Oh, phew. She's only a > conference organiser. > > No, seriously. Good luck with CodeMash. I'd love to come but there's > no chance of that. > > But where are all the female software developers? They used to form a > sizeable minority a few years ago but, these days there just seems to > be (even) fewer and fewer of them. Is that just my impression or has > anyone else noticed this? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Robert Casto www.robertcasto.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
