Women are awarded less than twenty percent of Ph.D’s in computer science. Computer science is one of the most highly demanded careers based off of the impact it has in today’s world. The world currently revolves around electronics, which function from codes written by computer scientists. “Out of the 25 best jobs in America... which were ranked based on earning potential, career opportunities and number of job openings, seven were computer science-based” (Gale Group 2015). Jobs in the field are high in demand, the typical wage of a computer scientist is above average, yet the amount of Ph. Ds received by women are the second least in any field (physics being the least at about sixteen percent women in the field). The gap between women and men
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Despite the idea that women are unable to live an equal life to men, it is not this ideal that keeps them from computer science careers, it is their background and the fact that they are not interested in pursuing a career in this field. Despite the high demand for professionals in computer science careers, men seem to be the only interested audience. Computer science is predicted to account for nearly sixty percent of job growth by 2018, yet the field is still not appealing enough to increase the amount of women in the field of computer science. As a matter of fact, the amount is decreasing. The primary barrier to women in the field of computer science seems to be that a stereotypical feminine personality is not inclined to pursue a career in computer science. Females are typically pushed to pursue a Liberal Arts career, or seemingly anything that is not in the STEM field. This is reflected in that over seventy percent of English and psychology professions are pursued by women. When you apply computer science in the real world, you get codes for video games, computer games, and other activities you would …show more content…
As women grow up they are encouraged to be the psychology and English experts of our society by teachers, peers, family, and understanding societal norms, by themselves. In order to make advances on this issue there are targeted conferences to recruit women into computer science, such as the Grace Hopper program. The Grace Hopper program emphasizes what can be done to fix the gap between men and women in computer science. It celebrates the great accomplishments women have had in the field and what can be done to achieve the same success. One of the largest aspects of what women are missing when it comes to their interest in the field of computer science is encouragement and motivation to pursue that career. Computer science is one of the most heavily demanded fields in the world right now, and the fact that men consist of close to the entire computer science population should encourage more programs to advertise one of the most rewarding fields there is to offer. But despite efforts to improve the gap between men and women, there is a very little amount of gained interest by people who were not considering computer science in the first place. Based on a survey done by the Grace Hopper program, about sixty percent of women who weren’t considering computer science in the first place hardly gained interest when they learned more about the field. “As much as we believe the Grace Hopper
Despite the idea that women are unable to live an equal life to men, it is not this ideal that keeps them from computer science careers, it is their background and the fact that they are not interested in pursuing a career in this field. Despite the high demand for professionals in computer science careers, men seem to be the only interested audience. Computer science is predicted to account for nearly sixty percent of job growth by 2018, yet the field is still not appealing enough to increase the amount of women in the field of computer science. As a matter of fact, the amount is decreasing. The primary barrier to women in the field of computer science seems to be that a stereotypical feminine personality is not inclined to pursue a career in computer science. Females are typically pushed to pursue a Liberal Arts career, or seemingly anything that is not in the STEM field. This is reflected in that over seventy percent of English and psychology professions are pursued by women. When you apply computer science in the real world, you get codes for video games, computer games, and other activities you would …show more content…
As women grow up they are encouraged to be the psychology and English experts of our society by teachers, peers, family, and understanding societal norms, by themselves. In order to make advances on this issue there are targeted conferences to recruit women into computer science, such as the Grace Hopper program. The Grace Hopper program emphasizes what can be done to fix the gap between men and women in computer science. It celebrates the great accomplishments women have had in the field and what can be done to achieve the same success. One of the largest aspects of what women are missing when it comes to their interest in the field of computer science is encouragement and motivation to pursue that career. Computer science is one of the most heavily demanded fields in the world right now, and the fact that men consist of close to the entire computer science population should encourage more programs to advertise one of the most rewarding fields there is to offer. But despite efforts to improve the gap between men and women, there is a very little amount of gained interest by people who were not considering computer science in the first place. Based on a survey done by the Grace Hopper program, about sixty percent of women who weren’t considering computer science in the first place hardly gained interest when they learned more about the field. “As much as we believe the Grace Hopper