Women in Science and technology - 20 years later?

In almost all of the cases that I know - from school days to the present, it has been social pressure that has caused women to shift form the technical to the non-technical or less technical field. The standard - it's not a female thing to do... I was lucky in that both my parents were really supportive of my decision to go into engineering. I've also noticed that with teenage girls, the lack of female role models in the field is also a big factor. I've done some school visits, and one of the things cited by most of the girls was that they had never seen a female engineer (on TV, in the movies, in real life, etc) so they didn't consider it a viable career choice. A question to consider is: Do you consider the move into management in a technical field to still be "women in science and tech" or not? For my part, I prefer doing hands-on tech, but have moved to a less hands-on more intellectual/mangement tech position as I have gotten older and moved up - it's basically the management dilemma- do well enough at what you like and eventually you'll get promoted and not be able to do what you like - just supervise those who are doing it. Jacqueline