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In the article Why the Engineering, Computer Science Gender Gap Persists  Jenny Marder of Scientific American it is stated that the amount of men enrolling in engineering degrees is double that of women and the amount of men getting a masters is four times as many as women. One college professor says when she grades her students essays on what engineering means to them that she says when reading the papers done by women they cite subtle discrimination and that the scarcity of women to be isolating.

The amount of men enrolling in engineering degrees compared to women is astonishing. We need more women enrolling in these fields so that the women who have gone into this field will be more compelled to stay. The women who have studied engineering tend to get doctorates or masters instead of the run of the mill bachelors degree.

I think that there probably is some subtle discrimination in the engineering field, but that shouldn't discourage women from entering it. Did discrimination stop them from entering the military no it didn't. So why should this be any different from that? The article also says the scarcity of women is isolating and this is exactly the reason we need more women to join these types of fields so that scarcity turns to equality.

The engineering industry will need more women in the near future so that technology will advance faster because of the difference in views that women have compared to men.

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One area where gender roles are prevalent is the computer engineering industry where the males dominate and the women have little to know interest in joining the field according to the article Bridging the Gender Gap: Why MBridging the Gender Gap: Why More Women Aren't Computer Scientists, Engineersore Women Aren't Computer Scientists, Engineers by Judy Woodruff of PBS NEWS. Women say that the field just isn't interesting and both men and women tend to say its a guy thing.

The person being interviewed in this article , Maria Klawe, seems to think after her research that women don't care much for the computer engineering industry. One reason she says is women are more prone to go into areas with chemistry or biology than math and physics related areas. because computer degrees are pushed on guys more than women, the chance for gained interest has been lessened considerably. Maria also believes that we are shutting out the feminine perspective which will cause us to have a whole different set of products coming out of this field.

This was stated during the interview too both men and women agree that computer engineering is a guy thing. I personally believe that this huge set back of women entering this field is caused by our society who pushes women to take caregiving jobs that need motherly skills so to speak and men to take the seemingly more complicated ones with break through technology.

The computer engineering industry needs more women in it so that we can have both points of views. Do you think computer engineering is a guy or girl thing or both.