Why would you delete a comment ? Do fake internet points mater that much to you ? <| sep |> I don ' t expect to see a consistent ratio . May I remind you that talking about averages isn ' t the same as talking about individuals ? You can have great female engineers even when , on average , women are not interested in engineering . Besides , I never said that I actually buy into the idea of pushing more women into STEM at a young age . I ' m also a Marine Corps veteran and women don ' t make up much more than 5 % of the volunteers who serve . Does that mean we should start teaching girls how to smash someone ' s skull with a rifle butt at an early age , just with a pink , noncompetitive rifle ? Feminists have clearly fought for getting women into combat roles , but how are you going to achieve that if computer programming is too macho and competitive for women to handle ? These social theories are really ridiculous when you look at the big picture and all the stated goals for gender equality . I think we are entering into the kind of society that was depicted by Kurt Vonnegut in Harrison Bergeron and to me it ' s starting to look like a nightmare . People are not happy with having an equal opportunity , they want equal outcomes even when it is to the detriment of society as a whole .