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From: kendalla@orca.UUCP (Kendall Auel)
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Subject: Re: Women in computing  --  undergraduate registration problems
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Date: Fri, 28-Feb-86 16:52:15 EST
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Reply-To: kendalla@orca.UUCP (Kendall Auel)
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My wife is currently studying physics, and had to learn programming as
part of the curriculum. Being a software type myself, I encouraged her
to take more CS classes. Her response can be paraphrased "CS is about
as much fun as housework."

Could it be that this is a pervasive attitude among women in science?