After reading a few similar articles, I read the manifesto (out loud) to my family (all of us have post secondary education). Damore qualifies his ideas throughout, recognizing that while there may be trends in populations, this does not account for all observations. His piece was reasoned and balanced and carefully written. Some of the reactions have been quite the opposite. My personal opinion is that he should not have been fired. It is truly frightening that this internal memo, wherein he offers constructive problem solving, resulted in him being roasted. There was nothing outrageous in the memo.