> fewer women engineers so it makes sense to hire fewer women It's not about what 'makes sense' - it's literally that there are fewer of them. If women make up

> fewer women engineers so it makes sense to hire fewer women It's not about what 'makes sense' - it's literally that there are fewer of them. If women make up 10% of the hiring pool (say in tech) and your company employs 50% women, all that means is that every other company now has fewer than 10% women.