As a female studying engineering, this article seems a little ridiculous. I’m sure these girls had the best of intentions, but when they say things like “We want to marry life and love and laughter with the most amazing technologies of our time…” I can’t take them seriously. They are only continuing the stereotype that females do not belong in STEM industries. I strive to be a colleague and an equal- not a “femgineer” who thinks she can out think her male counterparts because she played with barbies in elementary school. Yes- we do need more women in math and science. No- we do not need special treatment. What we need is to remove the misconception that math and science are for men. A love of math and science does not make me masculine, it makes me a nerd and I embrace that.
Now that's actually a reasonable response on that from a lady. The problem I normally have with people talking about this is they really want to end a gender bias one way by just flipping it around. Such as trying to get more women into science as equals while trying to get some sort of ``special status'' at the same time.