FITC’s recent play to encourage more women to attend their conference (http://www.fitc.ca/female/) surprised me. I’ve never felt marginalized or excluded as a woman working in the interactive media industry. Sure, FITC last year was dominated by males in both presenters and attendees, but for a conference that’s skewed toward the development side, it’s not a surprise. I don’t think I’m shocking anyone by stating the obvious: the majority of developers right now are male. There are likely socio-cultural reasons behind that, and I think that’s going to change in the next five to ten years—but that’s not what I wanted to write about. I wanted to address the general issue about how there aren’t a lot of women involved in the interactive community.

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