[independentmind]

Nor did it mention that women's participation in computer science courses actually has been declining for the past 20 years.

Do you think this is the result of job discrimination?

Perhaps men, as a group, are more naturally suited for some jobs.

[Lorianne]

Personally, I believe men (on average) are more interested in certain professions (such as engineering, computer science) than are women. And since people are generally better at what interests them, it follows that men are "better suited" to certain jobs. The term "better suited" doesn't sit well with me since I don't believe anyone without interest in those fields would be "better suited for them. Witht the interest, they are simply likely to be better at doing them.

Likewise women's interests (on average) fall more heavily in certain occupations. Women (on average) have more natural interest in certain occupations, and therefore tend to better at those than men.

However, logically, if you use mathematical parity as a gauge of discrimination, that would apply to both sexes. Therefore those who contend that male low educational performance and dwindling college attendence (using numerical disparity as the evidence) is due to discrimination ..... then it logically follows that there was discrimination against women when the numbers were opposite ... and that there is discrimination against women in certain occupations where they are in smaller number.

One cannot logically use the rationale of numerical disparity = discrimination, unless one is willing to apply the logic across the board.

[banjo joe]

Nor did it mention that women's participation in computer science courses actually has been declining for the past 20 years. Perhaps men, as a group, are more naturally suited for some jobs.

The power of linear thinking.