Women represent only 20% of computer science and 22% of undergraduate engineering degrees. And, in 2018, women accounted for only 38% of applications to full-time MBA programs.
BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT. It's that simple. According to data from UCLA, the percentage of incoming female students interested in majoring in computer science peaked in the early 1980s. There is very little interest in women getting involved in IT related fields, and when they do (at least in my experience with 10 years of teaching the stuff) as soon as it gets hard a good chunk of them just nope out of there for an easier major.
BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT. It's that simple. According to data from UCLA, the percentage of incoming female students interested in majoring in computer science peaked in the early 1980s. There is very little interest in women getting involved in IT related fields, and when they do (at least in my experience with 10 years of teaching the stuff) as soon as it gets hard a good chunk of them just nope out of there for an easier major.
"Women belong in the laboratory! Not the kitchen!"
"But I like the kitchen."
"I SAID GET BACK IN THE LABORATORY AND MAKE ME A FUCKING EXPERIMENT YOU DUMB BITCH"
This is one of my wife's favorite videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCftJ8Hf0kI
I literally stopped the video and said, "Wait! That's true! YOU BITCH!"
Boy, the BBC really fucked up on the satire on this.
They still don't have to work for it.