Here&#x27;s a thought: If we, as an industry, started to move <i>away</i> from this &quot;everyone in one big shared bullpen&quot; &#x2F; open-plan model, and started giving people individual offices again, would that make things better?  Because now, you, as, say, a female programmer, are free to decorate your office in pink and with &quot;Sex In The City&quot; posters, and issues of Cosmo or whatever (if that&#x27;s what floats your boat) while your co-worker can have Doctor Who and Star Wars posters, and electronics magazines, blah, blah (or vice versa).<p>Personally I think that one of the best way to accomodate the uniqueness that makes us all individuals, is to embrace that individual nature and give people solo offices.  Of course, that&#x27;s not the only reason I advocate for private offices, but it&#x27;s hard not to think that it would help in this regard as well.