&gt; <i>Yet I wonder how many young men would choose to major in computer science if they suspected they might need to carry out their coding while sitting in a pink cubicle decorated with posters of “Sex and the City,” with copies of Vogue and Cosmo scattered around the lunchroom.</i><p><i>Vogue</i> and <i>Cosmo</i>!? As a &#x27;feminine&#x27; counterpoint to the supposedly masculine &#x27;computer parts&#x27; and &#x27;tech magazines&#x27;!?<p>This is &quot;Science. It&#x27;s a Girl Thing&quot;[1] all over again: &quot;To get women into STEM, you have to show makeup and fashion&quot;. Fuck this view of fashion being a fundamental part of the female psyche. The article has some good points in it, but I think it overplays &quot;women like fashion&quot; and underplays &quot;my computer time was gatekept by sexist arseholes&quot;.<p>[1]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;results?search_query=Science+it%27s+a+girl+thing" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;results?search_query=Science+it%27s+...</a>