Computer science is now the top major for women at Stanford University • Hacker News Board

Re: Computer science is now the top major for women at Stanford University

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Post by chongli » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 12:30 PM UTC

yareally wrote: post #139

chongli wrote: post #129

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That's because 41% of male nurses are nurse anaesthetists, a profession that makes nearly 4 times the salary of a registered nurse. There is a gender gap even within specific nursing professions but it's not nearly as extreme as that.

> There is a gender gap even within specific nursing professions but it's not nearly as extreme as that. Only ~10% of registered nurses in the United States are men[1]. > According to the Census Bureau, men made up about 9 percent of registered nurses in 2011, roughly a three-fold increase from 1970. [1] https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/pdf/cb13-32_men_in_...

Generally, when we use the term "gender gap" in this context, it refers specifically to a wage gap and not other gaps. Sorry for not making that clear.

Re: Computer science is now the top major for women at Stanford University

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Post by joshkpeterson » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 2:01 PM UTC

this2shallPass wrote: post #113

joshkpeterson wrote: post #106

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You don't get it. Please reflect on this more.

I get it :) I suggest you reflect on this and what people say and mean when they talk about topics relating to privilege, power, gender, race, wealth, patriarchy, etc., and you'll get it, too.

Were you being facetious and I missed it?

Re: Computer science is now the top major for women at Stanford University

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Post by sliverstorm » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 7:29 PM UTC

coyotebush wrote: post #11

sliverstorm wrote: post #9

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So more than 50% of Stanford undergrads are CS? Shit. Does that not sound like aa glut?

No, those two statistics alone don't say anything about the total number of CS majors. Per the article, CS represents ~20% (of students with declared majors).

Thanks, I got the numbers twisted in my head.

Re: Computer science is now the top major for women at Stanford University

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Post by eonw » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 10:28 PM UTC

carbocation wrote: post #79

java000 wrote: post #58

I wonder how much of the underrepresentation of women in this field is due to it being low prestige relative to other formerly male-dominated fields such as medicine or law into which women have made substantial inroads, because women seem much less willing to enter male dominated fields, however well-paying, if they lack prestige (electricians would be an example). If I'm correct, then the very same media outlets la…

As a physician, I don't think any of us have the perception that programming is lower status. Our in-jokes are usually about how we can't find housing on our salaries because the former computer science majors are driving up the prices.

as someone who works around hundreds of MDs daily. I would say they all look down at CS degrees, in fact at my work, a masters in CS still gets you the label of "unskilled labor" but a CNA with 6 months of training is not.