It shouldn't be though, that's kind of the point. Directing people to a profession to make the representation equal is both counter-productive and IMO HURTS us as a whole because you end up with people pursuing a career they potentially hate because someone gave them a scholarship or promised them more money for doing so.
If more women than men want to be nurses, awesome, let them. If men are intentionally NOT being hired to be nurses that WANT to be nurses simply because they are men, THAT is a problem we need to fix. In the same token, if more men want to be programmers than women, awesome, let them. If companies are intentionally not hiring women for being women, FIX IT!
But PLEASE stop creating problems where they don't exist. I have no desire to take care of other people and the though of being a nurse is about the worst possible day job I could imagine. I'm willing to bet most nurses would rather stab themselves in the face than sit at a computer all day writing code too. Are we as a society really going to sit there and tell them they're wrong? They're just confused and would really love to program if they just are forced into it?
If more women than men want to be nurses, awesome, let them. If men are intentionally NOT being hired to be nurses that WANT to be nurses simply because they are men, THAT is a problem we need to fix. In the same token, if more men want to be programmers than women, awesome, let them. If companies are intentionally not hiring women for being women, FIX IT!
But PLEASE stop creating problems where they don't exist. I have no desire to take care of other people and the though of being a nurse is about the worst possible day job I could imagine. I'm willing to bet most nurses would rather stab themselves in the face than sit at a computer all day writing code too. Are we as a society really going to sit there and tell them they're wrong? They're just confused and would really love to program if they just are forced into it?