This constant debate about industries that are good or bad for women is getting a little old and tired. As with all things in life, I find the broader culture t

This constant debate about industries that are good or bad for women is getting a little old and tired. As with all things in life, I find the broader culture tends to affect workplace culture tremendously. Women have tended to shy away from STEM not because it's an antiwomen environment but rather because their broader culture discourages them. My electrical engineering class had about 20% females, and not a single one of them was Caucasian. I went to a top engineering school in Canada. All the females were of immigrant backgrounds where their families and their ethnic culture promoted higher education in STEM fields. On the other hand, several other of the engineering disciplines (the one's a bit closer to traditional science or business such as civil, chem and industrial) had much more balanced ratio's. The problem in North America is that we tend to promote "TECH" culture as male dominated and geeky. Girls shy away from it because they face constant social pressure from a young age to fit in (as males do but that's another story). On the other hand, I come from an ethnic background and in my country electrical engineering classes have the same number if not more women then men. This gender diversity thing is a broad cultural and economic problem (also another story). I hate when popular media simplifies it.