Man Jose?

I have to admit, since moving to San Jose in August I have realized that there is an abundance of men over women here, but I'm not complaining. I noticed the difference primarily around campus, but apparently it is noticeable throughout San Jose. I read the article, "Tech jobs lead to 'Man Jose', but women have enclaves in the Silicon Valley too", by Mike Swift of the Mercury news. This article discussed that San Jose, and the Silicon Valley in general is very male dominated, but there are some cities that are dominated by women. The reason San Jose is so highly male populated is because of the job industry here. There is a lot of opportunity for engineering and big-business type work, which are primarily male-dominated careers. In San Jose there are 117 men for every 100 women. In female dominated Los Altos, there are 85 men to every 100 women. Los Altos is seeing a change from streets speckled with male apparel shops to hair salons on every corner.
The 2005 Census shows that San Jose's population was 452,470 men and 434,860 women. According to Swift's article, the ratio has changed even more since then.
I think that this article would be a very interesting topic to do further research on. I am interested to find out why San Jose became highly male populated in the first place. And, if our surrounding communities are becoming female dominated, will San Jose follow suit? If the Silicon Valley becomes more female dominated how will this change the job market? Will the average income decrease? According to Swift's article, in Los Altos the majority of women are divorced, is that the same for the women in San Jose? How will this economic crisis affect the male domination of the Silicon Valley? Swift also mentioned that the male domination has a huge affect on the nightlife in Downtown San Jose, it would be interesting to take a stroll and observe this firsthand. There are endless questions to be asked about this male dominated society, and this article really sparked my interest.

Below is a picture taken from Swift's Article. It is a bartender in Downtown San Jose serving drinks to two male customers.