"Why aren’t girls opting into computer science? What’s the issue? And so much of it is about culture...."

“Why aren’t girls opting into computer science? What’s the issue? And so much of it is about culture. It’s the messages we’ve subtly and unconsciously sent to girls: that computer science and math is not for you … I think we teach girls at a very young age not to get dirty, to be nice, this whole princess myth. We indoctrinate our girls to behave in a certain way.”

- Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code in an interview for ThinkProgress (via women-in-science)