They have had computers since floppies were bigger than a dinner plate, and played games when all the game was was a series of responses to your choices (I forget the name). They played D&D, watched all the good scifi movies (Alien is NOT good, just scary)and read Philip K. Dick after I finished the paperbacks. They are almost 40. So, you may not have met many women in IT, but I'll bet there are a lot of women out there who should have been in IT!