&gt; As a corollary however, is it really a good thing to push a gender towards a particular field?<p>I don&#x27;t think the suggestion is being made to push genders toward a particular field. I believe the case being made is that the status quo is that genders are pushed towards certain careers due to cultural biases and antagonistic or hostile group behavior that goes unchecked by the larger communities in certain groups.<p>The question being asked is how we, as a society, can <i>stop</i> pushing genders into certain roles. In particular, regarding the field of computer science and engineering.