My question is why aren't you equally outraged by the message your DD is getting in nearly every exposure she has to STEM fields. That message is insidious and it's pervasive and it's abundantly clear that females (including her) are generally not included or welcome in those fields.
I'm not outraged because I know it's illogical to judge a book by its cover. Just because an industry is male dominated doesn't imply that women aren't welcome. I am an engineer, and my experience is that women are more than welcome. If my daughter ever doubts that women are welcome, she has immediate access to a someone in a STEM field who will correct her. Spreading the message that women are welcome in those fields doesn't require discrimination, and it certainly doesn't require discrimination on the part of government funded entities.
