<p>It can be pretty sweeping. I am sure the number is changing, and more employers do see the benefits of employing more female engineers. For one females are the largest conumers and without their perspectives it can be difficult to sell some of their products.</p>
<p>What I am referring to is the discrimination, workplace inequality.</p>
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[Women</a> Engineers: A National Study of Attrition and Persistence. - Center for the Study of the Workplace](<a href=“http://www.studyofwork.com/2011/03/women-engineers-a-national-study-of-attrition-and-persistence/]Women”>http://www.studyofwork.com/2011/03/women-engineers-a-national-study-of-attrition-and-persistence/)</p>
<p>I supposed this is even worse in the private sector.</p>