One interesting observation is a conference is "major" despite forbidding / excluding (in theory) half the worlds chemists. And more important than excluding m

One interesting observation is a conference is "major" despite forbidding / excluding (in theory) half the worlds chemists. And more important than excluding mere flesh and blood, they're excluding half the worlds ideas and research, right? Some google work provides: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/life-physical-and-social-science/chemists-and-materials-scientists.htm http://www.bls.gov/ooh/life-physical-and-social-science/chem... which claims 96200 chemists employed (just in the USA). The "little boys club no girls allowed" has 100 all male members worldwide. Lets assume there are 10 chemists worldwide for each chemist in the USA. So this is a major conference because 0.011% of chemists are in the "boys only clubhouse". The other 99.989% of chemists might or might not be sexist, but definitely don't care about the conference. This might be a partial explanation for the apathy about the issue.