For sure, and I don't believe the problem is very well known right now either. Many female friends I've talked to had no idea that software engineering was such

For sure, and I don't believe the problem is very well known right now either. Many female friends I've talked to had no idea that software engineering was such a white male dominated space. I personally think its in a rut right now. Both college students and working professionals will look at the space as being male dominated and passively choose to go a different direction if they are female. When the problem gets brought up in circles like HN, many rush to defend the space as if nothing is wrong. A cultural shift needs to happen and unfortunately that is going to be extremely difficult to do without a lot of people interested in making it happen. Why do CS when you can just as easily get into other fields that are more accepting of women and minorities?