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In this paper I want to look at computing science, its paradigms, its products and processes, from a gender perspective. My claim is that the gender question is not (just) a problem of women not being suitable or interested in higher-level expertise concerning the design of computer programs. Paradigms of computing science - at least in Germany, where the author is rooted - have their origins in gendered perspectives. I want to argue that it is not enough to campaign for more girls and women in the field, but that as computer scientists we must also look at our own discipline in order to consider how we can change its basic ideas and its culture, which make it so difficult for girls and women to become attracted to it. I want to mention some projects conducted by my research group "Digital Media in Education" at the University of Bremen, Germany, where we try to develop software for women and women's projects and to take a more user-friendly look at the processes of software development.