When I was studying electrical engineering, the student union asked theuniversity authorities why so few women had been accepted for engineering courses. On the course I was on, there had been one female applicant, who was accepted. I don't remember in detail now, because this was in the 1970s, but I believe she got one of the better paid jobs when she left.

I have worked with women software engineers, pcb designers, and other related people, over the years. Women were in the minority in these areas, but they did not appear to be in any way discriminated against, nor to have to force their way into the profession. If they could do the job, that was all that anyone seemed to care about. In fact, at one place I did some contracting for there were redundancies, and the two women software people were both kept, because they were accepted to be good at their jobs.