Abstract
This short paper presents an informal, personal view of factors that may help - or prevent - women to embrace careers in computing. Based on the author's professional and personal experience, it mixes facts with conjectures on how we may work towards a more gender-diverse future, with the help of scientific societies.
Highlights
This short paper presents an informal, personal view of factors that may help - or prevent women to embrace careers in computing
The first 2 pages had an interview with French feminist comics illustrator, Penelope Pagieu, who became a national bestseller with her comic book Les Culottees
We should keep in mind that illustrated comic books are a serious part of French literature, and widely read all over the country by adults and children alike
Summary
Ms Pagieu’s works have been acclaimed by intellectuals as quality writing with women at the center, and widely ready by tens of thousands of young girls in France, who are inspired by her heroines Her Paris Match interview starts with a very interesting sentence “Quand j’ ́etais petite, les heros des BDsetaient Tintin et Asterix, des mecs...” (When I was a little girl, comic heros were Tintin and Asterix - only men). She proceeds to tell how this helped her decide to write stories with girls and women heroines and adventurers, thereby helping her female readers have a “yes, you can” view of the world. The Brazilian Computer Society (SBC) is doing a very good job in that direction, which are bearing fruit, as reports show
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