[ebf]

Maybe because there is a lack of girls in engineering due to many reasons, including sexism?

[jmadsen]

Precisely. There are different stages of eliminating "-isms" - you have to make it actually BE the normal, no-big-deal thing before you can start to portray it that way.

Right now, young women need to see lots of examples of other women involved in tech more than they need people to pretend techies are just techies