Examples of how common and pervasive insecurities are

[betamanlet]

This isn't really about dating, but it is about how someone's insecurities can impact an entire field. Women basically don't want to be thought of as dorks, so they don't go into computer science. This is out of fear of what others would think of them.

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34437233/ns/technology_and_science-science/

[Sam Spade]

I especially like the part that it is male geeks' fault for "driving" girls out of computer science .

 

Basically "if you don't coddle us, we don't want to come."

Big, effin, deal.