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It is too easy to say "Well if they're good enough then give them the job."

The issue here isn't whether or not women are good enough, the issue that women who are good enough are not getting the opportunity to show they are good enough because of discrimination whether conscious or unconscious.

As it stands the numbers suggest positive discrimination in favour of men. I suspect they are misleading because there are a whole host of reasons why there might be more men in such roles - generational, lifestyle choices and so on.

I would love for there to be promotion on merit but for that to happen you need an objective assessment of performance and that ain't going to happen because numbers aren't the whole deal.