Women are integrators. We are experts at parallel processing, at handling many things at once. Women are comfortable in fuzzy situations. Women are team builders. Women inherently practice what is now understood as an effective management style.
Women are a major force in the professions of law, medicine, the media, politics and business.
Women are active in technology. Often they have simply by-passed engineering on their way to successful careers in technology. Women are committed to the important values of our times, protecting the environment, product safety, education and have the political skill to be effective in resolving these issues. They will do this with or without engineering. Women are going to be a huge force in the solution of human problems.