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. We are self conscious about our role and determined to be heard. 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.