Edit: What I really meant..<p>Poor choice of words on my part. Take it in this context: &quot;Person X doesn&#x27;t have a stomach for hard engineering problem Y&quot;.<p>&quot;Doesn&#x27;t have the stomach for&quot; now can be interpreted as a synonym for:<p>* Is not capable of<p>* Is not smart enough for<p>* Is not hard working enough for (!)<p>In the current environment I definitely shouldn&#x27;t have brought up gender.