[ChiMark]

you’re gonna start that I.Q. argument again.

in engineering school few women were enrolled. You cannot be a successful electrical engineer without a higher I.Q. than the average.

[rlmorel]

I don’t think you need to take issue with this.

This isn’t an argument that men have higher IQs than women. And it isn’t an argument that women don’t have high IQs, equally as high as men.

It is a statement of observation that many people have made over the years that there is simply a higher clustering of men at both the high and low ends of the IQ spectrum whose distribution is not replicated in women.

This observation is borne out both from actual observation and scientific observation, at least with tools available. (IQ measurements are always a subject of controversy)

[wintertime]

Women choose not to be engineers. It's a demanding profession, with tremendous responsibility, and often needing exhausting travel. It is not well suited to combining managing a family with work responsibilities.

The women who are now the majority enrolled in pharmacy, veterinary , and medical schools could be engineers. Their A + grades in chemistry, physics, and calculus are proof enough of that. They **choose** not to be.

[catnipman]

“in engineering school few women were enrolled. You cannot be a successful electrical engineer without a higher I.Q. than the average.”

there’s also the major issue of gender differences in the different types of activities that promote self-satisfaction ... as a generalization, females are more attuned to relationships and nurturing, whereas males are more attuned to solitary activities that involve things rather than people ... thus, as a generalization, females find little satisfaction in sitting in front of a computer writing code all day long every day, whereas males find little satisfaction as care-givers ... this from the mouth of Mrs. Catnipman when I asked her about the issue of the lack of female technologists ...