Simon

Cumbria

IT

In my experience I don't think it's that Women are discriminated against, but they suffer from being a minority in a male orientated industry. I've worked with several women during my career, and always found them as capable as anyone else.

But, and this is IMO an important point - some of them were "Tom boys" - taking on Men on their "home turf" as it were. I think this points to a situation where women have to be more resilient and prepared to fight hard for their status - something which is bound to put a lot of people off.

So an element of catch 22 - there aren't enough women attracted to IT because there aren't enough women in IT !