Flaws and gaps in the women in computing literature

There are flaws and gaps in the current literature on women and computing. An analysis of Australian university enrolment data is used to compare Computing and Information Systems (IT) enrolments to the fields of Law and Medicine. There are flaws in the reasoning that the lack of role models and inhospitable nature of the IT field is an explanation for poor female enrolments. Gaps are evident in current published research as well as a lack of on-going statistical analysis of intervention programs. Questions are raised about the role the media plays in determining career choice perceptions in young females, particularly in relation to the status of computing careers.