A change in US demographics

As a female currently pursuing an undergraduate university degree (in Canada) and with aspirations for a career researching/developing space and aerospace technologies I find this particularly interesting. Does that statistic refer to all programs? The males are still the majority in most of my classes, but there is a feeling of equality with my peers. With regards to space in particular, the executive committee for our on-campus Students for the Exploration and Development of Space has been nearly half female. Actually every president over the past two years has been female. I'm not advocating that either is superior by any means. I just wanted to note that there is a spirited group of females at my school who are highly involved in space initiatives. The comment that "women tend to favor policies
which improve society and the lives of citizens" may be true in general. I personally believe this is an important factor, but I'm more excited by expanding our technological capabilities and an increased scientific understanding.
The conferences I have attended are predominantly male as well. However, there is the Canadian Student Summit on Aerospace, initiated 2 years ago. At this conference geared towards students, I have noted a larger percentage of females.
Reyna

Thor Olson wrote: I read in Business Week about rise of young women in
education such that they now outnumber men 60-40 on
college campuses. When you follow this out a
generation, it is pretty obvious that there will be
more professional women than men in business &
politics - even the space program.

This poses the question of how dominated the current
space movement is by men and and how we might change
it. I cannot remember a conference where there was
anything like equal representation.

If we are perceived to be a group of mostly guys
focused on techie things then that seems to be a path
to being marginalized in the future. It could that I
have overlooked a lot of women that are as excited as
I am about the potential in space. What have you seen
that would reasure me that this is true?

Sincerely, Thor