I think that within the population of women in IT, the number of female
Oracle DBAs is increasing. However, in general, the number of women
entering IT is decreasing. That is, the number of women who are
encouraged to become DBAs or developers or network admins or sys admins
is decreasing.

I've noticed (I have a friend with a 13 year old son and a 16 year old
daughter) that the schools are not encouraging girls to go into science
or math. There have been studies done that show that teachers in those
fields tend to call on the girls in the class less and spend less time
helping them understand the subjects.

My opinion only

Rachel

--- DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Recently this list had a discussion of female Oracle DBAs. The
> consensus was
> that the numbers were increasing, which I view as a good thing. Here
> is an
> article with industry statistics saying that the number of women in
> IT is
> decreasing.
> http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/career/article.php/1564501
> Any theories?
> 
> Dennis Williams
> DBA, 40%OCP
> Lifetouch, Inc.
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