As recently as 1970 women in the US weren't allowed to open checking accounts or get loans from a bank by themselves, but tell me more about how no one _ever_ stopped women from doing what they want.
I fail to see how a women being unable to open a bank account in the 60s, explains why a girl born in 2000, would not want to spend her time geeking on her computer trying to build a website, in 2012. But i'm all ears.
> would not want to spend her time geeking on her computer
Well, based on studies I have seen, if the family had only one computer, it waay often in boys room rather then in girls room. PC was assumed to be boys toy.
The culture emerges from there.
Anecdotally, that is patter I do see around. Parents of young girls are way more often enforcing "no screen till this or that age" while parents of young boys almost brag about boys playing games on them.
Yes, out of the blue, in all countries, and all cultures, on all continents, parents spontaneously put computers and screen, engines, motors, in kids rooms. What a weird collective behavior ! I'm sure it has nothing to do with the many experiments carried out on children, from the youngest of age, showing that even 2 days after birth, boys and girls had different attractions to moving objecs, or human faces for instance !
I've never known a family with a family computer put it anywhere but a common area. I'm sure they're out there but I've never seen it.
Maybe boys get more screen time in families like that because they're more interested in computers? Maybe it's assumed to be a boys toy because boys show more interest in it?
And in 1970 direct deposit did not exist, everyone was paid by check and could go cash it at the issuing bank, which was always local. Man or woman. Whether you had an account or not.
i.e, the banking situation you mention was not a barrier to employment whatsoever.
