Those who wish for empowerment must take the lead [whilst not forgetting that every kinetic has its potential]. It cannot be given. The suffragettes was not started by some macho idiot. Power within human relationships come from femininity. Macsulinity is there only for the show/witnessing/principle. Whilst a “shinning slimy body” can incapacitate, a serene personality establishes confidence/balance. Behind a powerful man is a powerful woman and behind a hen-pecked man is a “loose-canon” woman. Relationships are about the balance between femininity & masculinity [and not necessarily about men & women], the complementing of opposites and not the the charge for supremecy. Unbalanced situations is merely a cry for balance, not the empowerment of any vested interest. The lack of unionism means management becomes mere excretory judgements whereas too much unionism means the lack of discipline [or using discipline as punishment/adjudication/revenge]. Both are striving for control demanding that the other should be a blob of jelly. Problem is, a jelly has no control over itself.

Had “communism” not been there, “capitalism” would have destroyed ALL sooner [whilst not forgetting that “capitalism” in most/practical instances means abandonment to greed & fear which is why in practice there is no such thing as democracy]. As it is, it might be a few more generations before the Kraken is taken to task. It’s all about balance for without balance, the Sun will not have a sustainable nuclear fusion. We would not have existed.As such, ANY idiot or lunatic who starts talking/acting about helping/teaching/correcting others is to be discounted and learnt from. Why? Because only Evolution can “absorbed” Devolution, not mental efforts [which are actually part of Devolution itself]. Nature always re-establishes balance and never goes over the boundary - yet. Femininity is The Kinetic/Power/Enforcement and Masculinity is The Potential/Principle/Law and everything is about balancing of the two/working in unison. Truth is not about men or women. It is about Truth Itself which has no gender becauseTruth is Balance per se. Femininity complemented with Masculinity.

What the IT industry needs is not more women. It is fewer low-quality men.

Over the years I've turned down jobs with several companies not because I didn't like the work, but because I simply *couldn't stand the people*. And I'm a guy.

Governments, please spend our taxes on something more useful. Like free chocolate. (And I'm a guy.)

This really annoys me. I've been working as a woman in IT since 1995 and I think a pleasant new approach would be equal treatment. This means equal pay for equal work and doing away with the glass ceilings. But there's also a more subtle form of discrimination as well. Geeks often try to "help" young female colleagues a bit too much as well. Higher expectation and the same "do or die" treatment along with equal pay and equal opportunities would eliminate both the pay and skills gaps.

Where are those advocating for more male teachers in primary and secondary schools ? 
More male nurses and more male Human Resource professionals, if this is really about gender equality, which somehow always means grabbing more for women.
Why are women allowed to dominate certain professions unquestioned with no one nagging them to let men in ?

Women are not, in general, interested in IT. If you look at how society shapes women vs. men this should come as no surprise. Do boys like My Little Pony? I'm sure a few do... But most are the GI Joe type. This sort role casting starts at an early age.