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U4ikLefty

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58. Women engineers are awesome.

Fri Oct 9, 2015, 12:28 AM

Oct 2015

I'm a civil engineer and one of my favorite PMs is woman. Plus she's real cool. She just came back from climbing Mt Kilimanjaro.

The structural engineer to teach me all about retaining walls (one of my specialties) was a woman.

A female engineer also broke my heart.

Two out of three ain't bad.

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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