[Doug Taylor]

Here's my sexist comment of the day.

The more women that accept scholarships for universities, stay active for a couple of years and then leave the job force may start a backlash from the various foundations that provide the scholarships.

If it becomes "too popular", then say "Scientific Future, LLC" may begin to prefer male applicants over female applicants because there might be a better ROI on a male scientist because he's got a higher probability to stay in the field.

It's probably going to make it harder on women that want to pursue higher education. It's a very slippery slope.

I know if I shelled out $100G's in aviation scholarships to a demographic of people that accepted the money, flew a couple years and then went on a 15 year sabatical, I'd be hard-pressed not to begin to discriminate towards those that have long term plans in their chosen profession.