This New York Times report from 12 January explains that computer science is still attracting more boys than girls as a field of study. Specific examples include, "more than 19,000 boys took the Advanced Placement computer science examination in 2001, compared with just over 2,400 girls."

I agree with the author that societal roles for learning computer science are still gendered. At the same time, I imagine that the popularity of computer video games among adolescent males may contribute both to this gendering and the attraction that males find for this field.

Ironically, the article's opening paragraph doesn't do much to break down the stereotypes which contribute to this problem: "Anyone who has ever tried to pry a girl offline knows that girls like computers. They just don't understand how they work." Quite a strong generalization, if you ask me.