The assertion was made that the quantity of information equaled the number of bits in the string, unless you were told that, for example, the string was the digits of Pi. Then the information quantity became essentially one. The additional assertion was made that of course all MIT freshmen knew Pi out to some outrageously large number of digits. I have recently visited university campuses where that is still going on. If engineering doesn't make welcome space for them and embrace them for their wonderful qualities, then engineering will become marginalized as other fields expand their turf to seek out and make a place for women.
Women are a major force in our society.
They are self-conscious about their role and determined to be heard. Women are 50 percent of the consumers of products in our society and make over 50 percent of the purchasing decisions. To both men and women today, a profession that does not have a significant percentage of women is not an attractive career choice. Women are integrators. They are experts at parallel processing, at handling many things at once.