Who needs role models?

"But really my point is this: why should a lack of predecessors be a deterrent to anyone? The jobs are ours for the picking, and the choices ours to make. If we choose literature over IT that's our decision, and we sure as hell don't need a Vogue pullout "A to Z of icons" to guide us safely to our career destination."

She makes a great point. Women are themselves to blame for being under-represented in the sciences. There's nothing to stop them doing what they want in this society.