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Subject:Re: Gender Differences From:Romay Jean Sitze <rositze -at- NMSU -dot- EDU> Date:Sun, 19 Nov 1995 11:47:49 -0700
Is this why there are so few female engineers? :)
On Sun, 19 Nov 1995, Robert Plamondon wrote:
> I haven't figured out the rules for writers, but the division between
> engineers and accountants works like this: if you can put on a shirt
> and tie and not look like you slept in it five minutes later, you
> get to be an accountant. Otherwise, you have to be an engineer.
