Thank you for sharing your perspective, Tanveer.  I appreciate hearing your thoughts.

My perspective, after raising a highly scientific daughter, and spending years talking to her about the mysteries of the world - the miracles that occur, and the until recently unexplainable mental "control" we have over the realities around us, is that science has often discounted the mysteries and faith that surrounds us. It is also true, from my perspective,  that the "knowing" of discovery,( or re-discovery)  has often been denigrated by scientists around the world because there is no proof.

I agree that gender is rarely marginalized by scientific language or nomenclature, at least in my experience. However, what IS marginalized quite frequently is the acceptance of intuition and feelings that sometimes lead us on different paths. What IS marginalized is the completely different type of thinking of right-brained creatives - who while they have difficulty with math and science, can often lead us down quite wonderful paths of discovery.

I am in no way attempting to create a division between men and women - what I am trying to point out is that when we work together, using science, math, feelings and intuition - creating balance in our acceptance of all of our strengths as members of the human race - we all win. Not just some of us. And when leaders take on this type of mindset, they create GREAT teams.

I may have just confused the issue. If so, I apologize. I appreciate the possibilities of the conversation.

Georgia