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Women shun 'nerdy' hi-tech jobs
BBC News ^ | 27 November 2001

Posted on 11/27/2001 1:16:00 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture

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1 posted on 11/27/2001 1:16:00 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture
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Mucked up the intro pic...Here'tiz...

Few women see hi-tech as a potential career

2 posted on 11/27/2001 1:18:13 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture
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To: CounterCounterCulture
Let me be the first to say we definitely need more women in the industry.
3 posted on 11/27/2001 1:18:20 PM PST by SoDak
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To: sirgawain; Victoria Delsoul; lovecraft; dead; unix
ping...
4 posted on 11/27/2001 1:19:47 PM PST by Texaggie79
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To: SoDak
Sounds like the screams of thousands of lonely male engineers. Wouldn't blame ya.
5 posted on 11/27/2001 1:20:12 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture
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To: SoDak
Let me be the first to say this sort of behavior partially explains the apparent discrepancy in pay between men and women.
6 posted on 11/27/2001 1:21:34 PM PST by Tymesup
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To: SoDak
Let me be the first to say we definitely need more women in the industry

Agreed.

7 posted on 11/27/2001 1:21:36 PM PST by znix
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To: Tymesup
ABSOLUTELY. Remember this next time some FemiNazi tries to stir things up with the so-called gender pay gap.
8 posted on 11/27/2001 1:24:00 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture
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To: CounterCounterCulture
Women shun civil engineering jobs
Women shun turbo-diesel repair jobs.
Women shun high value interior trim carpentry jobs.
What does this word "shun" mean? Or is it just a politcal correct way of saying "women won't( or can not)do bla, bla, bla work."
9 posted on 11/27/2001 1:24:12 PM PST by Leisler
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To: CounterCounterCulture
Perhaps that's the main reason there aren't more women in networking? It's a thought. I think we scared away the last woman in our department. One of the guys was so nervous he dumped a cup of coffee through the cooling grates on a $90,000 risc server when she asked if he could give her a hand. Soon after that she left and went back to school.
10 posted on 11/27/2001 1:25:01 PM PST by SoDak
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To: CounterCounterCulture
I am going to get flamed for this...

I will explain the real reason why...

Computer science, math, engineering, history, English, science, and business classes are hard. With the possible exception of English, there are no women in these fields.

However, you can always find tons of women in majors like Psychology, Social Sciences, and Education, in which you can "feel" your way to a degree. With all the "victimology" of women going on campuses, no wonder they migrate to these fields.

Camille Paglia says the same thing. The fact is that more women graduate college than men by far, but they are in the wrong fields.

11 posted on 11/27/2001 1:26:07 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: CounterCounterCulture
Sounds like the screams of thousands of lonely male engineers. Wouldn't blame ya.

You talking about me?

13 posted on 11/27/2001 1:26:56 PM PST by Cool Guy
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To: SoDak
Was it Dilbert or Wally? ;-)
14 posted on 11/27/2001 1:27:16 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture
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To: CounterCounterCulture
Why "encourage" any adult to enter a field they prefer not to enter just to make equality numbers look good?
15 posted on 11/27/2001 1:27:29 PM PST by goodieD
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To: znix
I volunteer to offer training to any women interested.
16 posted on 11/27/2001 1:27:33 PM PST by babyface00
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To: Cool Guy; Yossarian
PING
17 posted on 11/27/2001 1:27:43 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture
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To: Cool Guy
I knew you'd show up early for this thread. ;-)
18 posted on 11/27/2001 1:29:14 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture
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To: SoDak
I'm sick of my job and technology.....I'd rather stay home and cook/clean/entertain/garden:0)
19 posted on 11/27/2001 1:29:21 PM PST by geege
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To: CounterCounterCulture
Nobody is keeping the women out. The path is open. Don't blame men if women don't want to do the kind of work that the marketplace demands.
20 posted on 11/27/2001 1:30:05 PM PST by JoeSchem
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