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There's a distinction between 'equal' and 'same' that must be made, and a lot of people don't make it. For example, I believe that black americans are my equals. However, I also believe that the average black american is also a better sportsperson than me, due to subtle differences in his biology.
I believe that my female colleagues are my equals. However, I also realise that most men are better at mathematics and spatial reasoning than most females. Likewise, women have better interpersonal skills and high-range hearing and long sight.
To sidetrack a bit: Stop trying to get women into engineering. Most women aren't good at it. In the days of yore, when men were the hunters, they developed the ability to quickly figure out how that animal was moving, so they knew where to throw the spear. So we have the spatial reasoning skills a good engineer needs. Since the babies the women were watching, and the berries and fruits they were foraging for, didn't move very fast, women did not develop that ability. There are exceptions, but they are few. So please, stop telling me that the low female enrolments in engineering are bad, and please stop telling me that my gender is to blame. We're not. By and large, women are better lawyers, diplomats and linguists than they are mathematicians, engineers and computer scientists, and there's nothing to be done about it.
Sorry, but if I have to write one more man-bashing essay about the poor female enrolment in engineering, I'm going to go postal.
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