>if you wanted to say "anyone can be a scientist/engineer regardless of sex" then surely you'd de-emphasise sex. Instead it's made the primary focus, often put

>if you wanted to say "anyone can be a scientist/engineer regardless of sex" then surely you'd de-emphasise sex. Instead it's made the primary focus, often put in the headline. The reasoning behind this (which I'm not saying is good or bad) is that people see women and girls are underrepresented in science, or lacking role models etc. so perhaps pointing out the achievements of women in science can help dispel the notion (perhaps less common now than in the past) of science being a men's field, or worse, an old boys club.