Originally Posted by KrisZ
Originally Posted by wings&wheels
Staying out of politics, but from a purely practical and, in a global economy, competitive standpoint, it does our economy no favors when ~50% of the population may not have an equal shot at realizing their full potential, staying out of certain fields, etc. I walk through our Engineering areas and it is painfully obvious that other countries, who are very clearly our competitors, are a bit ahead of us on this front.
Wait a minute. So you are saying that there is about 50% of engineers, that simply cannot get a job because of their gender?
No.
What I am saying is that for whatever reason(s), women in the US do not enter the STEM fields at the same rate as men nor at the same rate as in some other countries and it has nothing to do with capability. Because of this, we have folks who could have been capable engineers, developers, mathematicians, etc. who never even start to pursue the studies. Essentially, our STEM professionals are being selected from a smaller overall population than it could be.
Is there still some discrimination in corporate America? Does the boys club still exist? Yes. But it is going away with each successive generation... Me? I couldn't care less about my team's gender, race, anything else, except whether they work hard and smart, accomplish their roles successfully and present themselves professionally, because that is what we are judged and rewarded on. I also have no tolerance for those who think otherwise and I sweep them out real d%#@n quickly....