Personally, I don't mind being a minority.
I
love being the minority! I always tried very hard NOT to be whatever people expected from me. So I love being female and knowing what to do with computers, reading+watching SF, getting all warm inside when I see and understand some new gadget (with blue lights. I LOVE blue lights. Really. Mmmmm)
Also, being female and enjoying such 'typically male things' has advantages:
- In shops, they expect women not to know a lot about the stuff they sell, so I always listen to their (mostly BS) stories and then I ask a real difficult question. Or tell them something they didn't know. That's really a FUN thing to do!
- We women have the (dubious, but also advantageous) prerogative to ask 'dumb questions' and
everybody needs to ask a stupid question sometimes. We women can do that, without being very embarrassed about it, because "Hey, I'm a woman. I don't know any better..." LOL
- Being female in I/T also has its advantages. It's easier to get your colleagues to do stuff for you when you're a woman. Especially when there aren't many women in the business.
So, being part of that minority does give me a lot of advantages and I use them. Also, I just like the crowd. I'm not part of this crowd because I can be a minority, I just really like the people and the mindset of that crowd. My kinda people! I'm just a geek who happens to have boobs and beautiful eyes (winkwink).