Women in Computer Science

We, the men of computer science, need to help women consider this field more seriously. Whether the reason for the low percentage of women in computer science is due to their desire to focus on being mothers, their desire to be in a field with more women, or even because of the nerdy nature of the computer science world, we have to be the ones to change it. Because of the high number of women studying mathematics, we know that women do have an interest in such a field. By simply explaining what computer science is, we could make significant progress. In my experience, the women in general here at BYU think that computer science is more about taking computers apart and rebuilding them than developing problem solving applications that are heavily based on mathematical theory and artistic design. If women knew what computer science is actually about, there would be more women studying it.