I had an acquaintance (close friend of my friends but not quite my cup of tea) from college who was an engineering major and she was really difficult, condescending and just sort of a miserable person all around. Cut to five years after graduation and I'm up north visiting my friends and we run into her downtown and…

I'm wondering if there is a cyclical, or even causal relationship, though?

I loved Calculus but left engineering for the same reason. Loved the discipline, couldn't see spending my life suffering to work in the shitty environment.

These particular shenanigans perhaps, but there'll be many, many more where you're going.

"Women engineers who were treated in a condescending, patronizing manner, and were belittled and undermined by their supervisors and co-workers were most likely to want to leave their organizations."

Don't male engineers want a culture where THEY can take some time off to be with the kids or hang-glide or game or whatever they want for a bit? A culture of cooperation instead of cutthroat competition? I'm sure THEY find the workplace unsupportive and inflexible. Why is the culture like that? Is it possible to…

I am not in slightest surprised. I do wish more people out there would read studies like this instead of just blaming it on women and saying they simply want to spend time with the family. Of course, anti-feminists and MRA's will deny studies such as this since it does not fit in to their world view that feminism…