IDG Contributor Network: Why aren’t more women in computer science?

When you think of computer scientists what image comes to mind? Is it a man or a woman?There was a steady growth of women entering professions including physical sciences, law, medicine and computer science until 1984 when something changed. The percentage of women in computer science flattened, and then plunged, even as the numbers of professional women kept rising. The event was the introduction of the personal computers, initially they were toys playing simple games which were marketing dire