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Thu Oct 8, 2015, 12:50 PM

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"... you and I can't be equal." A letter from mech. eng. senior to female classmates. [View all] kpete Oct 2015 OP

It's nice to see ohheckyeah Oct 2015 #1

That was NOT what I expected Lindsay Oct 2015 #2

this! cpompilo Oct 2015 #6

+1 daleanime Oct 2015 #12

+1! Oneironaut Oct 2015 #16

Same here. Aristus Oct 2015 #18

+ geardaddy Oct 2015 #24

that guy is going to be a hero forever. What a great letter. Bless him and the family that raised roguevalley Oct 2015 #31

Definitely have to read down to the punch line! Elmer S. E. Dump Oct 2015 #34

I was all ready to get riled up. MoonchildCA Oct 2015 #39

The O'Henry Twist is alive and well! Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #47

Same! treestar Oct 2015 #49

Wow! Who is that guy? Talk about being enlightened. He must have sisters and strong mom. brush Oct 2015 #3

That's What I Thought, Too Brush ProfessorGAC Oct 2015 #26

elsewhere, he says he was married to a feminist for about ten years. niyad Oct 2015 #54

Women engineers. JonathanRackham Oct 2015 #4

I See That Here Too ProfessorGAC Oct 2015 #28

The office environment is nice. JonathanRackham Oct 2015 #43

Please take note of the major players in the Indian space program. Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #48

That is class. nt bemildred Oct 2015 #5

Yes. Excellent. n/t Ghost Dog Oct 2015 #32

Wow, what a guy. fasttense Oct 2015 #7

I think the term "beautiful" is unnecesary Ghost Dog Oct 2015 #33

There is good news. jalan48 Oct 2015 #8

K&R hedgehog Oct 2015 #9

K&R. Wish more were like him... YoungDemCA Oct 2015 #10

K&R suffragette Oct 2015 #11

wow--glad I read it--the headline gave me pause. niyad Oct 2015 #13

This was so unbelievable that I put my skeptic hat on KentuckyWoman Oct 2015 #14

I don't blame you for being a skeptic NewJeffCT Oct 2015 #20

Bah. He's just trying to get a date with a classmate. ChairmanAgnostic Oct 2015 #15

K&R valerief Oct 2015 #17

As the saying goes: "Real men of quality. . . DinahMoeHum Oct 2015 #19

100% agree on that NewJeffCT Oct 2015 #22

he sure is not a republican Angry Dragon Oct 2015 #21

If he is, MynameisBlarney Oct 2015 #37

We need more men and women like this in Congress d_legendary1 Oct 2015 #23

Engineers in Congress? JonathanRackham Oct 2015 #51

Engineers would care about our infrastructure d_legendary1 Oct 2015 #64

+1 JonathanRackham Oct 2015 #66

Well, sort of. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2015 #67

Bravo LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #25

That was a great post Gothmog Oct 2015 #27

Wow! City Lights Oct 2015 #29

SMACK! Raster Oct 2015 #30

K & R SunSeeker Oct 2015 #35

That kid gets it. MynameisBlarney Oct 2015 #36

that was my engineer daughter's response when I texted the letter to her - "aww, he gets it" nt kath Oct 2015 #42

Wow! Fantastic Perseus Oct 2015 #38

As an early woman engineer (I entered collage in 1963), s-cubed Oct 2015 #40

Wow - cool lostnfound Oct 2015 #41

I bet he is one helluva fisherman! dae Oct 2015 #44

Mr. Mauldin gets it. hifiguy Oct 2015 #45

Same for women in all math and science fields. JDPriestly Oct 2015 #46

Same for women in any field I'd say. MynameisBlarney Oct 2015 #52

+1 n/t w0nderer Oct 2015 #50

Saved for my granddaughter. raven mad Oct 2015 #53

"Oh no," I thought as I proceeded through the letter. This dumb guy is NCjack Oct 2015 #55

I pretty much knew what he was going to say. Most men feel that way. It's usually only the.. BlueJazz Oct 2015 #56

Yay Jared! Lunabell Oct 2015 #57

Women engineers are awesome. U4ikLefty Oct 2015 #58

The new assist VP of my division is a chemical engineer woman JonathanRackham Oct 2015 #59

This made me cry Matariki Oct 2015 #60

Thanks for posting this LittleGirl Oct 2015 #62

We need more women in STEM positions, and in leadership positions across the board. nt MADem Oct 2015 #61

Quite a moving conclusion. Joe Chi Minh Oct 2015 #63

Very Well Said......... Stainless Oct 2015 #65