The STEM field, specifically in computer science and engineering, continues to be male-dominated. There is all this talk about closing the gender gap, but it still exists to this day. The number of women employed in computing jobs today is lower than it was 27 years ago. Women in engineering jobs are barely increasing with only a 1.4% increase from 2015 to 2020. This is an issue.

• Over 50% of women who are interested in or apart of computer science or engineering have faced misogyny or gender bias in these fields
• Misogyny and gender bias deter women away from these fields because they don't feel that they have a supportive or safe environment

• Over 50% of women stray away from computer science and engineering due to questioning their abilities, believing they aren't smart enough
• 47% of women disfavor the male-dominated cultures in these fields and do not have an interest in STEM
• The fields having a large emphasis on math and coding have steered women away

• 57% of women have the first impression that computer science and engineering are only high paying jobs
• Almost 50% of women surveyed have the first impressions that the fields are sitting behind a computer all day and that they are complicated, requiring too much math
• Some women found the fields uninteresting or non-collaborative