[LINK] Women and ICT

Adam Todd link at todd.inoz.com
Wed Jul 12 13:19:45 AEST 2006


At 05:47 PM 11/07/2006, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
><snip>
>>ACS drops goddess dates
>>THE Australian Computer Society has been accused of "weasling out" of
>>sponsoring a controversial calendar promoting women in IT after adverse
>>publicity over a near-nude cover shot.
>>http://email.news.com.au/ct/click?q=a7-fRX2Q8BOVKWY5xDLFq1P
>
>....a few years back, a group of ACS women spoke to a group of school
>girls in a program to encourage female enrollment in IT university
>courses....they articulated their reticence very clearly - "the blokes who 
>do IT were not attractive spouses!"

OIY!  I can't be too bad, my wife (a computer studies teacher) married me!

Then again, she always said she married me for my brains, not my body.





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