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more about #womeninscience Jack_Burton: I'm proud to have worked with/for, befriended, and mentored women in IT over the last 15 years. Stick to your guns. Provide value for the company. Lea... more » laurenguitar001: I think I've been extremely fortunate. I'm a girl geek and I've never been insulted for it, nor do I feel ostracized. While our university wide LAN on... more » bklyn155: Meh, I feel like that pretty much wherever I go. more » girly: I thought fewer people in general were going into computer science because of all the work that was offshored and probably tighter IT budgets as well. more » euterpe35: I am employed by Very Large Software Company (tm). I'd estimate 92-95 percent of the employees who work in actual software engineering are male. And... more » Kivrin: select username from software_engineers where gender='F' and easily_discouraged='No'; :Kivrin more » randomnessish: I think that's totally true, and many male computer engineers totally love to exploit and propagate this stereotypical environment, making it harder f... more » judgingamy: I worked in IT for 3.5 years, and I truly believe that it's one, if not THE, hardest field for a woman to go into. In addition to feeling out of place... more » banannastand: I am a computer programmer. I do web development/software engineering. I went to a tech school. My favorite color is pink. I have blonde hair, and am ... more » stella_vegbik: Personally, I think there are a lot of other factors at play on this topic. There are plenty of "geeks" in other math and science areas. There were on... more » DramaClub: I have a degree in CompSci. And in most cases, I was one of one or two women in every class. It was very hard to be so alone. Now that I'm working in ... more » LaBelleDerbySansMerci: I don't think it's just computer science--anywhere geeky males congregate, girls flee. In my many, many, maaaany years of quiz bowl (middle school, hi... more » betty.black: First: YEAY ADA!!! Also, I LOVE "computer games, science fiction memorabilia and junk food," and feel totally comfortable around the "stereotypical" ... more » OneTwoPunch: But, wait a sec—aren't there women gamers who are "geeks" and would love that culture? After all, something about those attributes in that field mu... more » morninggloria: This is probably because when a bunch of men expect to be around only men in a work environment, they tend to let themselves get a little bit smelly. ... more » Armed with Vitriol: Or maybe for many women there's just not as strong of an interest in computer related fields as in others? more » LazyHippo: Interesting, and probably correct in its final conclusion, but I'm not sure I am 100% on board with the experiment design, especially the use of Coke ... more » PipPipCheerio: Ada Lovelace is so cool. The other day, my CS major friend (who's a dude) was talking about the "there's no girls on the internet" meme, and when I to... more » Agumen: This is very, very interesting. I did a degree in computer programming, and one of the things that attracted me to it as a guy was that sense of a ner... more » LilSpitfire: This basically describes every classroom and dorm room I saw/shared with my geek gamer friends and fellow computer animation students. I even worked ... more » -
#geekgirls
Environmental Science
Few women are going into computer science, and it may be because of the stereotype of the masculine, gamer geek. Upon stepping into a "stereotypical" workspace, women are likely to feel discouraged and think "I do not belong here." [EurekAlert] -
#leftovers
New HPV Vaccine Approved • North Carolina Set To Release Child Rapists
Today the FDA voted to approve the vaccine Cervarix, an HPV vaccine created by British drug company GlaxoSmithKline. The vaccine is expected to become available later this year, but Glaxo has not released any information about pricing.• More » -
#eyeontheprize
"Record" Year For Women Says More About Sexism Than Advances
When Nobel prize winner Dr. Carol W. Greider first made her breakthrough discovery in 1984, she put on Springsteen and "danced and danced and danced." But she's serious right now, especially about the issue of sexism in science. More » -
#givingbacktoschool
Head Of The Class: Help Gawker Help Young Girls
This October, Gawker Media is participating in a charitable challenge with the amazing website Donors Choose.org. And we are asking you, our readers, to help us out. More » -
#leftovers
Animal Airline Pampers Pets • NARAL Endorses Sotomayor
Is the new animal-only Pet Airways a sign of a cultural change in how we treat pets? Adam Goldfarb of the Humane Society thinks so. "There's a major shift from care being only adequate to care being really exceptional." • More » -
#sciencetimes
Science Loses Its Shine
According to a recent survey, the era of "Big Science" has come to an end. Many Americans no longer view science as our nation's highest achievement, and interestingly, men tend to look more favorably upon science than women. [AP] -
#leftovers
Roxana Saberi Released From Iran • Transgender Woman's Marriage To Man Nullified
• American journalist Roxana Saberi arrived in Austria today and reunited with her parents after being released from prison in Iran. Her jail term was reduced to a two-year suspended sentence. • More » -
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#leftovers
White House Gets Puppy-Proofed • Another Boy Commits Suicide After Homophobic Bullying
• The Obamas are facing the tough job of puppy-proofing the White House for new dog Bo. Also in presidential-pet news, artist Bob Staake's book, The First Pup, has yet to find a publisher. • More » -
#leftovers
Archbishop To Excommunicate All Who Aided Pregnant 9 Year Old • Manliest Men Live In Ohio
• Update: A Brazilian archbishop says that everyone who was involved in aiding the 9-year-old victim of abuse get an abortion will be excommunicated from the Catholic Church. • More » -
#sheblindedmewithscience
Women + Science + Blogging = Awesome
Check out this list of "The 50 Must-Read Bloggers" on women in science, with titles like See Jane Compute, Dr. Jekyll & Mrs. Hyde, and We Can Sleep Later. [Health Zone Blog, via FairerScience] -
#sciencetests
Will Obama Help Women In Science?
Women in science are hoping Obama does more to support their female colleagues than his predecessor did. More »
