From: Jayson Raymond Subject: Re: Where are the Women? Date: Mon, 25 Mar 91 11:47:17 PST Our esteemed moderator points out that: >After nearly 2 megabytes of conversation on this newsgroup, I'm sorry to >report that only two women have responded to the Roll Call...and as far as I >can tell, NO women have participated, even once, in the online discussions. Why should this VR list be any different then the rest of the computer industry? As an example, the environment within which I work, of the Engineering/Technical positions, only 7% are filled by women. And one can't help but get the feeling that that is a liberal number considering only 2% have technical/engineering related degrees. This is a large social problem - and the VR field is only seeing a symptom of the much larger problem of the roles that are taught to our children - some of it directly taught, but more is indirectly implied in toys, role models, etc. Afterall, how many of you Dads go home and cook at night, do the shopping or the laundry, etc? The Wall Street Journal recently published such figures, and although it is highly unbalanced there does seem to be an indication that it is changing, albeit quite slowly. And I'm afraid to know the percentage of non-whites males participating in this field... -- Jayson ----------- Jayson Raymond Jraymond@bbn.com BBN Advanced Simulation ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us." -Western Union memo, 1877