Not only am I mad enough to subscribe to the Baptist Times for years on end, I am also sufficiently silly as to continue to part with large sms of money to engineering professional bodies, which means more magazines to glance through and a ridiculously high rental charge for some letters (though the latter does make my 'professional' name so excessively long that I get letters where it takes two lines on the envelope: almost worth the expense!).  Anyway, in the latest Professional Engineer magazine was a plug for, and a review of, this little book:

The book raises money for children's charities, so that's definitely a good thing.

It aims to raise awareness of the importance of engineering - which is also a good thing.  As the old IMechE bumper sticker used to say 'nothing moves without engineers'  - how true!

Notwithstanding that the book review suggests that the ideas are a tad complex for the target age range, I think it is a good idea 

But....

It promotes and reinforces gender sterotypes. Grrrrrrr! 

I think I'll have to write "My maiden aunt used to be an engineer but now she's a minister' (nice snappy title, eh?!) to counter some of this sterotyping.  What d'you reckon?!!!