Thoughts about women in computer science

An issue facing computer science today is the current and future roles of women in the computer science field. Thus far the article which has given me the most insight into how we can increase the amount of women in computer science was written by Professor De Palma from Gonzaga University. The article seeks to build on women's strengths in mathematics as they transition into programming. He proposes that we "keep things as close as possible to pure logic" and "if at all possible, teach computing without microcomputers." Those two points fundamentally teach abstraction which women have proven to excel at and which are extremely important for programmers. Although I know nothing about being a woman, my best guess as to why we don't see more women in computer science is the lack of a standard way to present computer science as a logical system.