There is also a belief that we can't go backwards when in fact we can. We've seen fields in which there is a declining number of women. In computer science, for very complicated reasons, there are fewer and fewer women. In 1991, a third of the students in computer science were women, and now it's down to under 20%. We have to look at how we can go backwards in a field that is going to be so important.
There is a very limited understanding of where women are in our society.