newbee
The answer to your question is quite simple
It is believed that males and females have generally equal mental capabilities (note: I am not saying I beleive it)
So as to your question:
“Why is there such a huge push to completely obliterate gender differences and eliminate traditional male and female professions? “
1) fairness. IF they have equal capabilities they should have equal oppurtunities.
2) For the betterment of society. Assuming men and women have equal capabilites, then statisticly of the 1000 best software coders 500 are men and 500 are women. If software coders are 75% male that means that there are 250 (female) coders out there better than 250 coders that you have, but have been shut out for another reason, perhaps their gender.
Again this is all based on the assumption that men and women are equally good at software coding