> The problem is made up of myriad small issues all along the pipeline, so that's also where you need to tackle it. Yup. The WHOLE pipeline, from how we treat

> The problem is made up of myriad small issues all along the pipeline, so that's also where you need to tackle it. Yup. The WHOLE pipeline, from how we treat girls who are interested in math to how we figure out who to promote. The system pushes female gendered people out at every step. In High School, College, at Interview, at Work, at Promotion time. I think though it's a bit disingenuous to say if we just look at the beginning, then it will eventually all sort itself out. I can promise you as a person coming to grips with a transgender identity, seeing that there are women in upper management at my workplace is really, really important to me. You need to see people further along the path than you to know it's a real option. I needed to see women succeeding in ways I wanted to before I could be comfortable accepting my identity. I wish I had more transgender women as role models, but cis women make a huge difference, too. I know that me, personally, presenting in a feminine way at the workplace has inspired at least one other person to accept her gender identity, too. Point is, it's not an abstract thing that affects hypothetical people. It's a concrete thing that very directly affects me, right now. I'm in a fragile place trying to rebuild my identity, and I need people to look up to. Edit: Either you edited what you wrote or I missed half a paragraph, but either way, we're in agreement :)