Re: 'Geek' image scares women away from tech industry ? The Register

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> In the countries with which you are most familiar, what answers do
> girls give you?

 The responses vary from lack of encouragement; lack of role models; lack of
education-inspiring instructors;

 "geek c ést chic! "

> What responses do you receive to your motto?

Very positive - my point is geek is not negative and it can be really really
cool 

Best -m



On 4/30/12 7:22 AM, "Worley, Dale R (Dale)" <dworley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 4/30/12 2:03 AM, "Riccardo Bernardini" <framefritti@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> In this case the best solution (although not easy to implement) would
>> be to ask directly to young women: "Are you interested in an ICT
>> carrer?, If yes, why?  If no, why not?"
> 
> From: Monique Morrow [mmorrow@xxxxxxxxx]
>> Well I do engage quite actively in these discussion with girls in high
>> school; young women in universities and women in the industry the problem
>> space and opportunity is  multifaceted, cultural depending upon the
>> country
> 
> In the countries with which you are most familiar, what answers do
> girls give you?
> 
>> and btw  my motto:
>> 
>> "geek c ést chic! "
> 
> What responses do you receive to your motto?
> 
> Dale




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