> There is very little preventing young girls from getting involved with tech at a very young age except simple lack of interest
I disagree. Various gender roles are pushed onto girls at an incredibly young age. Look at the boys and girls aisles at your local toy shop. We teach our boys to be builders and makers. We teach our girls to be designers and caregivers (at least in US stores). Our society tells many young girls that building stuff on computers is not a womanly thing to do.
That is of course changing as efforts are made to foster a desire to build in younger girls, but at least anecdotally that attitude hasn't hit mainstream.
I disagree. Various gender roles are pushed onto girls at an incredibly young age. Look at the boys and girls aisles at your local toy shop. We teach our boys to be builders and makers. We teach our girls to be designers and caregivers (at least in US stores). Our society tells many young girls that building stuff on computers is not a womanly thing to do.
That is of course changing as efforts are made to foster a desire to build in younger girls, but at least anecdotally that attitude hasn't hit mainstream.