Computer science — not very fashionable

Many people have made guesses as to why women seem to avoid the field of computer science. While I am certainly not an expert on the subject — I have conducted no research regarding the matter — I feel I can hypothesize as to why there are so few female students within this particular major. Computer science has a long history of being favored by men with few social skills and fewer personal hygiene habits. Even Bill Gates, one of the most prominent (and wealthiest) computer scientists, is often seen sporting a horrendously awful haircut. Men, in general, have a hard time dressing themselves, and, in general, computer scientists fall far behind the remainder of the male populous. There is also a social taboo surround computer science, one that is equivalent to or worse than that of engineering. If engineers are nerds and social misfits, then computer scientists are the uber-geeks and social lepers of the math and science fields. Women don’t avoid computer science because they’re intimidated by computers. They avoid computer science because they have no desire to associate with the stereotypical computer scientist. And they certainly never want to fit the stereotype themselves.