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[–] mbenbernard 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I see a few possible reasons why there are so few women in programming:

  • For them, staring at a screen all day long is extremely boring and uncool.
  • It isn't aligned with their biological imperatives. It's well known that women tend to be better at communicating and forming relationships than men, so they may be more attracted to fields that will allow to them to leverage those skills.
  • There's a "herd effect". Programming is "seen" as mainly a man thing by other women, so they don't pursue it.
  • It's a very harsh world for different reasons, and they've already heard about it.

Why are there so few men in nursing? The reasons are probably similar.