Says the english major

Even with the gender gap for standardized testing closing, the U.S. is still not graduating enough women in the non-social sciences to stay globally competitive in these fields. Competing nations are pledging resources to increasing female participation in the STEM fields and are quickly outstripping the U.S. A change in education and encouragement for girls, from infancy through graduate work, is required to keep the U.S. competitive in a market that will require an even higher number of science, math, and engineering degree holders in the future.

Writing this paper makes me want to go out and get an engineering degree. "You say that like it's something she's even remotely capable of."