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I was thinking along the same lines (personal computers = more boys interested in CS). Then I found this in the comments section of the article:

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n134/im_thatoneguy/CSDegr...

Interesting that there was a dip of both males and females around 1984. So I'm not so sure of the statement above anymore. However, around the year 2000 there's this peak where males do outnumber females by a great deal (even if the number of females joining also increased).

If all these graphs are accurate I'd wonder more about the Y2K rather than 1984...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_video_game_cras...

I feel like that, by 1984, the "this is the sexy future!" vibe that was associated with computers wore off a bit as it became more commercialized and common in people's homes.

This is probably true, but equally bad. Why would so much more men than women start to code?

This is what I was thinking as well, but they don't give us the data in the article to confirm.