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From: ron@ron.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie)
Newsgroups: comp.society.women
Subject: Re: Women on the Net
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Date: 13 Feb 89 20:35:45 GMT
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There's an article on the front page of the Times today that reports
the results of a study into why there is such a gender gap in the
computer industry.  It about boils down to the thesis that men get
a big jump on woman because they were computer nerds in high school
and college (hanging around playing with computers at all hours rather
than having any real friends).  It sort of partially reinforces my
theory, which is that women lose out because they don't get started
at an early enough age, and that we ought to encourage their growth.
I had neglected in my theory, to hypothesize why women aren't likely
to get involed at an early age.

Of course, the article does reinforce some of Trish's observations
about lonely hearts pestering women over the net.

-Ron

Lucky for me I found a computer nerd woman :-).