CS females

I was reading some old articles and found this:

The numbers are striking: Girls make up only 17 percent of those who take high school computer science advanced placement tests. Women receive less than 28 percent of computer science bachelor's degrees, down from a high of 37 percent in 1984.

http://archive.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2000/05/36372

iirc in 2012 the percentage was 10%. I know you give a shit about this topic but I only wonder how after 30 years of feminism so many girls are now choosing shitty careers (like business) instead of superior science careers (like computer science). What is causing this strange behavior?

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I'm male, but the impression I got in my youth was that STEM was hard, and that anyone who can socialize shouldn't do it. People place more of an emphasis on socializing girls, so they are less likely to be left with no other option. I have no way to prove that's not bullshit, though.

Likewise, people here often disparage autism (despite being obviously autistic), but it's worth mentioning that high-functioning autistics are overwhelmingly male:

The sex ratio averages 4.3:1 and is greatly modified by cognitive impairment: it may be close to 2:1 with intellectual disability and more than 5.5:1 without. (wikipedia)

and I think it's fair to say that a non-negligible percentage of computer scientists are high-functioning autistics. In fact, I would phrase it more strongly: programming is a field ideally suited to people with autism. If the field's best people are almost all men because they are genetically predisposed to be better programmers, then no amount of nagging about positive role models will do much good.

Again, that's an awful lot of extrapolation, but you asked a somewhat soft question so I don't mind giving a soft answer.