The popular myth that perpetuates the tech as being male-oriented is the belief that women are better in matters of art and abstraction. A general belief is that women are bad at math and science and therefore, cannot code. Well, for those who believe this, an eye-opener would be to go through studies that show that the quantity of estrogen or testosterone in one’s body doesn’t determine their potential to code.
The truth is that women can code exceptionally well, just like men. Alternatively, there are many men who simply cannot code, but excel in the art of abstraction. Therefore, the first myth that women cannot code stems from the gender roles that society assigns which believes that matters that require objectivity are beyond the comprehension of the female mind. Women can code and that’s the truth. Let's look into the myth in detail:
Stemming from the first one, this myth advocates that women don’t like technology. Again, society believes that women have more interest in the field of fine art and subjects of liberal arts. It is argued that since women do not have a scientific bent of mind, they don’t like technology. Such proponents need to wake up and look around to see that women are as passionate about technology as men. Women are making the best possible use of technology to create innovations in every field including software development, virtual reality, crowdfunding, etc. The truth stands strong that women do love technology and are using it through the best possible means.
Popular belief says that developing software requires exceptional stamina that women seem to lack. On the contrary, women are far more patient and have greater endurance than men when it comes to executing a task. Studies have shown that women are more dedicated to the technology sector than men. Undoubtedly, software development requires exceptional stamina for repetitive rounds of testing and development. However, it is an overstatement to label women as lacking the stamina for tech. Women are resilient, motivated and determined enough to bring great codes to the table and burst the myth that they lack the stamina for tech. How would you explain, if not for the stamina, that women-run tech companies return 78 cents per dollar? Whereas, the ones run by men only give 31 cents per dollar. A good software developer is ambitious and motivated to bring new and better code to the table every day. Many people believe that women lack such ambition as they have an inclination towards building a family. While it is true that software development and coding requires commitment, it is absolutely untrue that women are not committed. Women who are passionate about technology are committed to it and ambitious about improving it by the day.
The software industry is male-dominated and people firstly imagine a picture of a male when they are asked to remember something about coding. A lot of people think that to become a programmer you should be good at maths, science and you should be good at using logical and analytical skills which can not be handled by women. Well, we need to mention that the first programmer of the world, Ada Lovelace, was a woman.
Grace Murray Hopper (developed the first compiler for programming language.), Adele Goldstine (help create the world’s first electronic digital computer.), Jean E. Sammet (developed FORMAC programming language, a variation of FORTRAN), Marissa Mayer (one of the earliest programmers in Google), they all are the influential women programmers who contributed their programming skills and inspired other female programmers to enter into this field.
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