While I agree that women and men are different in many ways, I think they both possess the same abilities to learn and perform.

However, I have to mention that having this topic continually brought up is what really keeps the separation in the forefront of minds, and it drives me crazy. Attending the Women in Technology luncheon at PASS in 2008 utterly offended me. Especially when one woman commented that Sarah Palin shouldn't be running for VP because she has children, including a disabled child. Don't any of the men in politics also have children, and why aren't they expected to stay home and take care of them?

By participating in events such as this, I feel that women are fueling their own lack of self confidence issues - and because it's essentially thrown into mens' faces, how are they not to treat us differently, when we are practically demanding it?!?!

If women want to feel and be treated the same, why do they want to point out their differences? Why isn't there a "Men in Technology" group as well?