http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,3959,1458661,00.asp
That women tend to be underrepresented in IT activities generally is a truism -- it certainly can be confirmed by the gender makeup of the student body I have encountered over the years. This is reflected in the male/female distribution of IT management, but this article makes the point that the replacement cadre currently in place [i.e. the upcoming age cohort] is even more heavily skewed to the testerone set. The existence of a thick class ceiling, and the attraction of running your own business instead of being in the corporate millrace are other factors.
The solution advocated here is neither new nor particularly disputable -- encouraging girls in school to consider technology as a career. That tune has been hummed heavily in science and technology for several decades now, without appreciable beneficial result. However desirable a sea change in this situation might be [and I agree it is desirable], it does not seem like this proposed alternative will really generate much traction.
The whole issue of relatively low female participation in science and technology [when in other fields traditionally blocked to female participation like law and medicine, there have been no such problems in women being proportionately represented] is something which I feel has much deeper and complex roots than generally acknowledged. In fact, this may not represent a 'problem' to be 'solved' as much as a condition of existence.
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