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[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 11 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Outside of a few niches like computer science this is increasingly true in the US as well AFAIK.

[–] someacnt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Interesting how computer science is an outlier here when (IIRC) the first programmers were women.

At least math being outlier "makes sense".

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I blame (in no small part) Hollywood and movies like Jurassic Park for pushing stereotypes about the field being dominated by creepy, obese, and gross "computer nerds."

[–] someacnt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Damn it, the stereotype is basically me