You've got a good point there. Engineering is about making stuff, exploiting physics principles to make completely new stuff, and making stuff "faster better ch

You've got a good point there. Engineering is about making stuff, exploiting physics principles to make completely new stuff, and making stuff "faster better cheaper". Nowhere does it say "Make it better if you're a Man". Nowhere does it say an engineer _has_ to be male. In cases like this, I think a bit of the hacker manifesto, and some of the things it alludes to. " "This is it... this is where I belong..." I know everyone here... even if I've never met them, never talked to them, may never hear from them again... I know you all..." And we enter the world of IRC, email, and text based chat of all sorts. I do not see your sexuality when I talk here via HN. Nor do I see your income level, social status, gender status, religion, political bent, or anything else, unless you tell us. What I know, is: You speak English, you have a computer in front of you, and you're on the Internet.