I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In a way, it has been an advantage for me to be a woman because there is always some academic committee that needs you to fill a quota!
I think that for a lot of women there's a subtle but unfortunately effective discouragement of women pursuing the STEM fields.
There are several places in Vietnam where they're teaching computer science from second grade in class, so they don't have a gender divide because everybody is expected to program.
More women than men graduate in media studies. They don't know how to find a fixer; they don't know about weaponry; they don't know where is safe, where is not safe - they just want to prove themselves.
This is still a man's profession, with a lot of men who intellectually and emotionally have not accepted that the military could be women's work.
Putting women in military combat is the cutting edge of the feminist goal to force us into an androgynous society.
I believe it is in the world's interest to develop environments that fully engage women and leverage their natural talents.
In life sciences, we find a reasonable balance between men and women. In engineering and computer science, we have a major problem. A very small percentage of women will be in computer science.
I really think we need more women to lean into their careers and to be really dedicated to staying in the work force.
My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of skills in every profession. The military should be no exception.