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In reply to the discussion: Author of Google Memo Sues Former Employer For Discrimination Against Conservative White Men [View all]MichMary
(1,714 posts)and saw nothing about "inferiority." I saw discussion of biological/psychological differences that may lead women to choose more people-oriented or artistically-oriented fields.
Dh worked for a manufacturing plant, prior to retirement (just last month.) They have nowhere near an equal number of male and female engineers, even though they actively try to recruit them, retain them, promote them. In fact, one of the young, female engineers recently got a 7% raise, when the guideline was 3%. She had been heard complaining about her (female) manager, and they were afraid she would start looking elsewhere for a job.
Yes, women CAN do anything they want, but maybe there are reasons, having NOTHING to do with genetic capability, that fewer women are attracted to STEM fields.
Please point me to a specific excerpt in his memo that claims women are "genetically incapable" of being engineers.