Women in Computer Science

Women should be treated equally in the field of computer science, they should be encouraged to be mothers, and they should be encouraged to pursue a career in computer science if they so desire.

As long as women have the same opportunity as men to enter the field and be successful, nothing more should be done. Discrimination against women solely based on their gender is not just. But one must be careful in completely eliminating gender-based discrimination without careful consideration. Forcing equality between men and women can lead to problems worse than unjust discrimination. During the time the Equal Rights Amendment was publicly debated, good reasons were given against passing the Amendment. Although most of the reasons are unrelated to equality in the field of computer science, they hint that some undiscovered reasons may exist that we are unaware of.