[narrator]

Political correctness is the practice of pretending and acting as if the reality we actually want actually exists and then hoping it stops being a pretend reality by acting as if it was actually the case.

In this case, the pretend reality that we are acting as if it is actually the case is that engineering aptitude and interest is evenly spread amongst all peoples regardless of gender,race,sexual orientation, gender identity, and whatever they come up with next.

All the statistics in the world that show that the pipeline is not even close to getting filled because of lack of aptitude or interest by certain classes is just handwaved away because it is not the pretend reality that will soon become real if only everyone would just believe in it....