@SkepticalOfMost I agree that diversity, whether of gender or race or some other biological factor, has a number of socially desirable benefits, not only to the minority but also to the majority. The question in my mind is how colleges should achieve these worthwhile goals. Should they accomplish the goals by setting up quotas and lowering admission standards? These colleges obviously would deny they’re doing that but the reality is different. In social sciences, colleges only need a few superstars in each field to make a name for themselves. That’s why the Harvards of the world are fine with their student body having a relatively wide distribution of capabilities (the bottom quartile rarely contribute much to their respective fields). However, in science and technology, a few superstars in each field are insufficient. Society needs more talents in more fields for the advancement of science and technology. That’s one of the reasons why we need more girls to be interested in and to pursue careers in STEM and some of them will surely become superstars in their fields. But do you do that by denying a more talented applicant because of some biological factor?