What do you mean by force?

I mean are you suggesting that people want to frog march women into class each day?

I honestly don't know what the solution is but I know that there were a lot of talented women in my classes at uni who enjoyed programming but have gravitated towards the more people intensive less hardcore programming jobs and I know that the industry has lost out.

P.s. the vendor in the above example is an incredibly well known software firm whose product you are in all probability using right now...