CS404 Ethics and Computers in Society: Smallish post 5

When looking at statistics showing fewer women than men working in a given field, one may attribute it to sexism. However, women are fully capable of determining what they enjoy doing, and going out and doing it. Just because there are low percentages of women working in math, science, and the computer industry, does not mean women are prevented from entering these fields. Rather, these low percentages allude to the fact that most women do not aspire to enter said fields. In my experience with women who do choose to enter said fields, I have observed that women’s abilities are equal to those of men. The amount of opportunity in America allows women to obtain any occupation they desire. I am sick and tired of women’s rights activists complaining that there are not enough women in science and other technical fields. If these women activists want higher percentages of women in said fields, then they should enter said fields themselves. Workplaces should not contain atmospheres that are over focused on maintaining equal numbers of men and women.