I'm pretty sure Anf was just trolling there!

Just because some women are thick-skinned enough to put up with it is no excuse for driving away those who aren't.

I used to think feminism was largely a solved problem. The major battles were won and we just needed to wait for the dinosaurs to die out. Pay equality has a way to go, but it's getting better, so why worry?

But not all numbers are moving in the right direction. Female Computer Science grads peaked at 35% way back in 1984 and have fallen down to 12% in recent years. Women representation in top creative positions in the film industry are in the mid-teens and falling.

You can't convince me that women stink at math and logic or don't see a useful career in computers, or that they aren't interested in making movies. So I can only conclude that without enough feminist pressure for reform, a boy's club culture is re-asserting itself in certain industries, and it makes the environment toxic for women in ways both subtle and obvious.

Why would I need to convince you of anything?, and what does the number of female computer science grads have to do with anything?

Last i checked people had a choice in what course they chose to take, is it really so far fetched to consider the idea that women simply find interest in other things? your entire point here seems to be based purely on the assumption that you both understand the views of a woman, and that a larger portion of women think in the same way.

Wait, except 48% of the gaming population is female.

I would think the relationship between comp sci grads and video game culture would be obvious. Do you really need me to spell it out for you?

Hint: it involves how games are made.

Certainly women are free to choose, so if there are few women making games or hanging out on game forums, you must be right that women just aren't interested in games.

Wait, except 48% of the gaming population is female.

I went to an all womens college, there was virtually no pressure, intimidation or boys-club culture to speak of, and yet the comp sci course i took was the only course on the entire campus with less than 15 students

Can you say with a straight face that the women of that college chose to avoid computer science because of "boys club", when not a single student is male, and the vast majority of faculty staff were female?

Truth is simply that comp sci was an unpopular course, people preffered and actively saught out other courses that they found more interesting.

So kindly don't play the numbers game trying to blame percentages of people taking certain courses on men, because that's bullshit, the reason is simply free will.

Pretty sure that number includes casual gamers that play games on cell phones and Facebook. There is no way that 48% of core gamers are female, and core gamers are the kind of gamer typically found on forums like this one. 

So why was comp sci so much more popular amongst women in 1984 than the women of your generation? Why were women three times more geeky 30 years ago? Why would they flee from an industry with a bright future that they seemed to have a pretty firm stake in?

Here's a challenge for you: Can you find me one example of a female game developer who doesn't think her gender is a barrier? Because I only seem to be reading those rare edge cases where actual, working female game developers find it problematic. 

I would think the relationship between comp sci grads and video game culture would be obvious. Do you really need me to spell it out for you?

Hint: it involves how games are made.

Certainly women are free to choose, so if there are few women making games or hanging out on game forums, you must be right that women just aren't interested in games.

Wait, except 48% of the gaming population is female.