I think the idea is that women CAN get into compsci if they want to or are interested, it&#x27;s just that on average, they appear not to be?<p>It sort of feels like saying there aren&#x27;t enough people named Gavin in compsci. Why do we need people named Gavin? If Gavin wants to do compsci, that&#x27;s cool, but if not, then he can go do whatever makes him happy?<p>The point is, we don&#x27;t need _person type X_ simply for the sake of an equal number of all types of people. Unequal numbers&#x2F;types of people don&#x27;t necessarily mean they&#x27;re being kept out, that doesn&#x27;t follow.<p>There aren&#x27;t enough male hairdressers? There aren&#x27;t enough female linesmen? There aren&#x27;t enough Democrats named Duane?<p>Whether or not this is true I don&#x27;t know, I just consider this the popular sentiment.<p>I could be an elementary school teacher as a male, I&#x27;m just not inclined to. I don&#x27;t feel kept out.