[chrisyeh]

It may be that at teaching/nursing/library science conferences, there are presentations that feature images of Chippendales dancers and fireman calendars and are met with hoots of approval. If I were a man sitting in the audience at these hypothetical conferences, I'd feel pretty uncomfortable.

The fact that a field lacks gender balance isn't the point. The point is that whatever the field, people shouldn't be made to feel uncomfortable.