Recently I was involved in the hiring process for 4 engineering jobs. For the 4 jobs there were 160 applicants, of which only 12 were women (7.5%).  In the end we hired 1 woman  (25%) and 3 men. Clearly there was no discrimination in this case as the percentage of women hired greatly exceeded the percentage of women who applied. These same ratios are evident throughout my organization (which is an international high tech engineering organization), at all levels, including VPs. Furthermore, throughout the company I work with both men and women from every corner of the globe.  No credible organization is ever going to handicap itself by hiring or promoting anything less than the best people. If the best people are women or people from other cultures or of varying skin pigments, then those are the ones that will be hired. If women want equality with men, then they need to train for and pursue the same positions as men. It's that simple. This article lacks adequate data to be credible.