[weberc2]

I think it's a double-standard. When women underachieve in any area, we assume discrimination is the culprit, or we at least say there is some system that is failing them. When men underachieve, it's because they're "not able to adapt" or we blame it on "toxic masculinity" (for example, when boys do worse in school, we make negative implications, but years after graduation when women receive a lower salary, we assume discrimination even in the presence of strong contradictory evidence).

This isn't meant to be read as defensive; just a social observation.