On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 09:45, Mary Barnes <mary.ietf.barnes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The article clearly states that women leave for the two reasons you > mentioned, which are certainly the exact same things males deal with, but > you missed a few others that the article notes, specifically and directly > quoted below: > > "...lack of real or perceived opportunities for advancement, and uncivil > work environments where women were treated in condescending or patronizing > manners. Only 25 percent of the women who left engineering did so for family > reasons." > > Mary I conjecture there are few work environments where these are NOT the case.