Gender Roles In Computer Science

Computer science is a male dominated job sector that is not well oriented for the normal female worker. It is seen as a world where only males can succeed. Most jobs in the computer science area are seen as male jobs. But it is time for a major shake-up in this society’s modern workplace. Melissa Koch states that there are many different reasons for females not pursuing a career in computer science. One of Koch’s reasons is that the “media depict men as experts in technology”. When students are asked to name females that have jobs that have to do with computers, they are usually not able to name one at all. But when they are asked to name a male who is a person associated with a with computers, they can immediately name people such as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Edward Snowden or any of the other famous people. This difference of names that are listed show young females that there is no place in society for a female interested in the computer industry. This difference in names that the general population think of is very disturbing because some of the most influential people in the history of computing are female. Ada Lovelace was the first person to program a computer, which without her you would not have your Candy Crush game or Facebook account. Toys also shape how the job is viewed. From a very …show more content…
Roli Varma, a professor at the University of New Mexico, says that India has a much more welcoming society for the people who enter into the computer industry especially the female population. The ratio of males to females who are either in a degree program or in a basic entry to mid level spot in a computer science degree is about sixty to forty percent, respectively. These jobs in India also have requirements for people who apply for the job, but they tend to depend on skills and the work ethic of the person, not just if they are male or