I would love to see more women in here as well. And, like the Navy section, would like to see a section for women only, but it also seems sexist and would upset a lot of the men in here.
I am not only a woman in the nuclear field, but also a wife. I have been bashed in here, not for being a woman of nuclear, but for standing up for my husband and speaking my mind... I've not done it since. I've also worked for a supervisor that believed the little woman needs to be at home and not working at all, much less in the nuclear field.
I believe some new people, men and women alike, read some of the comments on threads and leave. There is a lot of bashing of new people because they don't search for things themselves. Some people don't have the time (or desire) to search hundreds of thousands of posts and pages when they are hoping to get a quick answer to a question that most seasoned professionals would deem simple. They see how active the threads are here, as opposed to the 'other' site, and are hopeful of getting a quick response. However, more times than not, the response they get is not favorable at all. I fully understand the reasonings behind them, but to a newcomer, it's not very welcoming. So why would they want to stick around, much less become gold members.
I fully support this site and have done so for a while, but I will not comment on some subjects, simply because I do not want to be bashed... and if I feel that way as a supporter of this site, I can only imagine how the new people feel.