Stuffed animals and nature posters would attract more women to computer science

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“That tells me that it’s a cultural phenomenon,” Cheryan told LiveScience. “These objects are not inherently masculine or geeky; they’ve been constructed that way. That means to me we can reconstruct the objects or more importantly the whole field.”Cheryan added one way to change the lopsided field would be, “broadening the image of computer science to make it so that other people feel a connection to the field.”

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