Reality is that a woman can do better than going into tech. Getting an MBA is easier than an MS in computer science, pays better and hours can be better too. More flexibility in case there is a second dotcom bubble.
Problem with that mentality is that on a macro level, you only need a certain number of MBAs. Not everyone is cut out to be an MBA, and not every MBA is going to use that degree to the full extent. Not to mention this completely ignores brain wiring and interests/skills.
Women engineers are underrepresented in every part of the world, and the problem has to be fixed by helping the (mostly female) teachers and counsellors from the primary school level so they can talk about the subjects to girls. The less they know about the subject, the more they'll talk about what they know.
My point is that "underrepresented" means nothing if there are other, possibly better, professions to enter into. Do we complain about the number of women in the Alaskan commercial fishing industry (which is highly paid but very dangerous)?
