Let me preface this by saying that I find it ridiculous that many people seem to think there is some kind of intellectual/aptitude discrepancy between males and

Let me preface this by saying that I find it ridiculous that many people seem to think there is some kind of intellectual/aptitude discrepancy between males and females. To reference the article itself("math is hard"), in my personal experiences in high school at least, I knew more girls who were awesome at math and science than boys. Can people not just do what they like and shut up about it? Why does every single little thing have to devolve into some huge scene about race/gender inequality? There are good parts and bad parts of working in any field, learn to deal with the bad parts, that's life. Leaving a field that you otherwise found interesting and enjoyable because "the men were rude to me", or "I was the only ethnic/gay person there" really isn't helping your case. Do people really feel the need to fit in so badly that the fact that everyone at their workplace is not like them is enough to make them leave their field of work? Try being someone who comes to this country and doesn't speak good english. You're all people and share a common interest in tech, try to make the best of it for Christ's sake. If you aren't happy with the conditions, try and be someone who helps make a difference. By leaving and writing passive-aggressive blog posts you are part of the problem. Some of these people really just need to get over themselves(boohoo I was the only black trigender pansexual in the office and people joked lightheartedly with me, the horror!). This generation really is the overly entitled, whiny group that all those middle aged columnists seem to be writing about. They may have a point about the maternity leave thing though, I don't see that one brought up often.