We cannot discuss it here because forum rules forbid it. Amazingly moderators seem happy to also post on this thread.
Because this thread and topic is ultimately about our workplaces, our institutions, our universities etc And as previous threads on the same topic have discussed, engineering names, documentation, coding, etc. It infiltrates everything.
I understand that this is a thread about currently employed engineers, however, I am retired, retired in 2020 (didn't really want to at 66, but... reasons that I will skip). The company that I worked for was a very large aerospace company and the "woke" had already started oozing in everywhere. This was a group 80 engineers, working on a very large project. Being a senior design engineer, I was considered a greybeard (I even had one
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. There were at least 20% female engineers and I got along fine with them, however, there were a few that would push the agenda further and further, while management cowtowed. Many of the young female engineers would come and respectfully ask related engineering questions and I respectfully guided as I would with a male engineer. However, some of the seemingly "woke" young female engineers would act as if I was "acting patriarchael" and "mansplaining" and would say so. This is the responsibility of senior engineers to guide younger engineers toward understanding.. I did not understand this attitude (still don't).
At any rate, now that I am retired, I avoid interaction on social media (I have lots of time now...) because I don't want the headache. The fact that this is being allowed on this forum is NOT strictly political, but a place of open discussion and a place where a misconstrued meaning or a statement or word that is not allowed in open forums is not piled on by people who disagree with by name calling and shushing all over the place.
As Eevblog (Dave) said in his post, (and I am loosely paraphrasing) this is a place of safety for engineers, who are known to be outspoken when it comes to reality and scientific truth. I applaud Eevblog for allowing a little bit of pressure relief from engineers.
As far as women in the workforce, I have never been against it as long as merit is the prime mover. Engineering is a discipline and, often, people's lives are at stake from utilizing the product of engineers. The minute that there are quotas and other political factors that force hiring on immutable characteristics, such as gender or skin color, the industry as well as the entire world will suffer.
Ok, now you can pile on to all of the things that I said that was not politically correct...
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