A link to an interesting article on women in science.
Here are a couple of quotes from the article.

Until recently, the impact of Title IX, the law forbidding sexual discrimination in education, has been limited mostly to sports. But now, under pressure from Congress, some federal agencies have quietly picked a new target: science.

“Creating equal opportunities for women does not mean that they’ll choose what men choose in equal numbers,” Ms. Pinker says. “The freedom to act on one’s preferences can create a more exaggerated gender split in some fields.”

Here is the link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/science/15tier.html?pagewanted=1&8dpc&_r=1

Any discussion is welcome

Omai