Living in a Man's Cyber World

  Being sibling to two sisters, I have seen on many occasions how it can be harder for the opposite sex to find equality in how world today.  Standards of beauty, intelligence, and well-being are elevated far higher for women than can sometimes be achieved.  It brought me to a new low to read the results of a 2009 study that show that the number of women entering the computer software workforce has been declining because the cyber environment screams masculinity.  Now I believe that gender role stereotypes can be over-come, my younger brother shows a lot of interest in fashion design, but I have to admit that while growing up I never considered the idea of being a fabulous cook or clothes designer.  Those were jobs connected to other girly items like Barbie or Polly-pocket.  So I completely understand why women might toss out the idea of being computer scientist because it is represented as a male occupation.  And with the increase of technology and the subtle decrease in other labors, it should be to our best interest to make computing a more feminine setting.