Why do women leave engineering? (MIT Article)

[ArtemusMaximus]

I'd like to add something to conversation.
After reading article and the comments it sounds like all the mentioned issues experienced because sole reason that person in question was a female.
While I am not denying that it may be often the case, this is not all-in-all reason.
Often we like to blame our problems on our usual suspects because those are easy targets.
I have experience many of mentioned issues myself and that is just thinking of time when I was a mentor:

• I was ignored
• I was disrespected
• My opinion was disregarded
• I was excluded from important meetings
• and list goes on

I am writing this not to dismiss previous comments and concerns, but bring different angle to this conversation.
I will finish with this: Not everything that goes wrong is simply because you are a girl. Things are not as easy for boys as some comments may imply.