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Men dominate computer world, study says
United Press International
LOS ANGELES — In this age
of sexual equality women are
still at a disadvantage in the field
of computer technology because
they have less access to the in
struments and traditionally
avoid mathematics, recent stu
dies show.
In papers presented before
American Psychological Asso-
ation meetings in California
recently, researchers noted that
girls are not as interested in com
puters at home and at school,
but even when they are in
terested they have fewer
Ifchances to use them.
It also was brought out that
Hracial minorities have less access
computer training than do
whites, and children of low in
come families are similarly dis
advantaged when compared to
those from middle and upper
income families.
About 30 million jobs will be
directly computer-related by
1990, according to a studies by
Control Data Corporation, but
far fewer girls and women are
learning to use computers than
boys and men.
The findings term the avoi
dance ol math and technology
by women and girls “culturally
programmed,” and indicated
that females will be locked out of
jobs, and certainly out of adv
ancement, in the future.
Women's disadvantage related to math; may be
'culturally programmed' to avoid hard courses
They suggested that a situa
tion could wipe out the gains
made by women during the past
10 to 20 years in business and
industry, including equal pay
for equal work.
A University of California,
Berkeley, study in 1976 showed
women were only 1 percent of
the nation’s engineering work
force. By 1980, they were 3 per
cent and had earned 10 percent
of the engineering bachelor’s
degrees.
A schools program which ori
ginated at the Lawrence Hall of
Science at Berkeley, called
“Equals,” was given credit for
the higher number of women in
technological fields.
The problem isn’t just access,
according to psychologist Irene
Muira at Stanford University. It
is attitude, culture, history, tra
dition and widespread mis
understanding among women
themselves, and among their pa
rents.
Moreover, a Berkeley study
found that although both males
and females could see the com
puter taking over a major por
tion of their lives, females
tended to focus on the amount
of housework it might do, and
males on its potential for fi
nances, data processing and
jobs.
In a six-state survey commis
sioned by Control Data, math,
science and computer courses
were found to be male-
dominated. In St. Paul, Minn.,
boys represented 88 percent of
the students in some computer
courses in high schools.
In an Illinois sampling the av
erage enrollment in high schools
math and science courses was 63
percent male and 37 percent
female statewide.
Other recent research at the
grade school level shows that
from kindergarten up, males
make up the overwhelming ma
jority in computer courses, clubs
and camps. And the ratio of boys
to girls increases the more diffi
cult the courses become.
A spokeswoman for the com
puter firm said the reasons seem
to be cultural rather than gene- _
tic, but some researchers aren’t
quite sure that’s so. Studies
neither prove nor disprove the
point.
“There’s a big argument
whether there’s a biological or
neurological cause,” Irene
Muira said. “We’re not sure ol
‘right brain’ orientation but
we’re still only talking about
slight differences.”
Recent studies have shown
that the right side of the brain
controls attitudes in the arts,
music, and the more abstract
concepts, and the left side of the
brain has more to with struc
tured concepts such as language
and mathematics.
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Je’sleadci ST. LOUIS — An investment
rmerUJ janalyst says the strength of the
will ben idollar overseas and new pro-
hebroup ^business governments around
:utivedSn the globe have propelled stock
rse. Jmarkets from Frankfurt to Syd
ney to new highs.
The improved U.S. economy,
■still the world’s largest financial
engine despite the recent reces-
;sion, is helping to boost stocks
traded around the world, parti
cularly in Europe, the analyst
said.
Paul K. Koerner, editor and
publisher of the newsletter
^Worldwide Investment Notes,
said the strong dollar overseas
d regula |has led to increased spending by
if the ead I Americans in European stock
markets.
Recent favorable business cli-
mates in West Germany,
Sweden, Belgium and, to an ex
tent, even socialist France have
benefited investors as well as
companies, Koerner said in a re
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“A dozen stock markets have
out-performed the United
States in this period,” Koerner
said. “A little bit of capitalism
goes a long way.”
The now-soaring overseas
stock markets historically had
been undervalued, he said. But
the Frankfurt market recently
hit a 23-year high. The Sydney
Exchange late last summer
turned in its best trading ever.
Many European govern
ments “that forgot about basic
economic facts for awhile” have
tired of the state-run economies
that developed after World War
II, Koerner said. A tilt toward
free enterprise has made many
European companies more
attractive to American investors,
he said.
“It means, at least in Europe,
there is a retreat from social
ism,” Koerner said. “More and
more people are realizing that
socialism doesn’t work. They’re
seeing that it breaks the back
bone of the country.”
“You have a country like the
Soviet Union where the workers
say, what the hell, screw it.”
Koerner said much of the
media in the United States have
ignored the high-flying stock
markets in Europe and else
where.
“T he fact that the world mar
kets are booming should be
front page news,” he said.
The huge U.S. government
deficit, however, represents a
possible change in foreign mar
kets, Koerner said.
“Particularly in Europe, there
is this general feeling that the
dollar has been strong too long,”
he said.
Japan’s economy remains
almost in a class by itself, the
analyst said. The Toyko ex
change is a center of financial
activity among Far East coun
tries that export metals and con-
sumer goods to the United
States.
Japan has surpassed Canada
in foreign investments from the
United States, Koerner said.
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HOLLYWOOD — Actors
Tom Courtenay and Robert
Duvall tied for best dramatic
actor and Shirley MacLaine won
for best dramatic actress, with
her film “Terms of Endear
ment” taking top honors in the
1984 Golden Globes Awards.
The awards by the Holly
wood Foreign Press Association
are considered a measure of sen
timent for the coveted Academy
Awards. Thirteen movies and
11 television shows were hon
ored at the 41st annual banquet
Saturday night.
“Terms of Endearment,”
took a total of four honors. Be
sides MacLaine winning best
dramatic actress and the film’s
award for best movie, James
Brooks took an award for best
I screenplay and Jack Nicholson
won for best supporting actor.
MacLaine, who played Debra
Winger’s neurotic mother, said,
I sure deserve it. Thanks to the
foreign press for being so bril
liantly discerning.”
Courtenay won for his por
trayal of the frenetic back-stage
hero of “The Dresser,” and
Duvall for his portrayal of a
washed-up country singer in
Tender Mercies.”
Michael Caine and Julie Wal
ters, who co-starred in “Educat
ing Rita,” were honored as best
actor and best actress in a music
al or comedy motion picture.
Cher, better known as a pop-
singer, picked up the best sup
porting actress award for “Silk-
wood.”
“I’ve been doing this for two
years and this is the first time
I’ve ever won anything,” she
said. “Two months ago no one
ever considered me an actress.”
“Yentl,” Barbra Steisand’s
production about a woman who
disguises herself as a man to
study Jewish law, was named
best musical or comedy motion
picture, and Streisand also won
for best director.
“Fanny and Alexander,” was
named best foreign film. Giorgo
Moroder won for best original
score for the movie,’’Flashd-
ance,” and his “Flashdance —
What a Feeling,” won for best
original song.
“The Thorn birds” was
named the best mini-series or
motion picture made for televi
sion, and Richard Chambner-
lain was named best actor in that
category with Richard Kily best
supporting actor.
Jane Wyman took the award
for best actress in a television
drama for her performance in
“Falcon Crest,” and Barbara
Stanwyck won for best support
ing actress in “The Thornbirds.”
Honors also went to “Dallas”
for best television drama,
“Fame” for best musical or com
edy television series, and Joanna
Cassidy won best actress in that
category for “Buffalo Bill, In the
same category, Jack Ritter won
best actor for “Three’s Com
pany.”
The award for best actress in a
mini-series went to Ann-
Margret for “Who Will Love My
Children?” and John Forsythe
was named best actor for
“Dynasty.”
The awards were to be tele
vised in syndication Sunday
night.
The Golden Globes have been
controversial in the past but still
attract many celebrities. They
are a prelude to the more impor
tant Academy Awards, and they
come during the midst of the
voting for the Oscars.
Presenters for this year’s show
at the Beverly Hilton were Ed
Asner, Maud Adams, Gene
Hackman, Ann Baxter, Melissa
Gilbert, Diane Lane, and Chris
Atkins.
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