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by dfsegoat 2484 days ago
Anecdotally, it has been my (limited) experience that the Forensic Sciences are dominated by women, in terms of the makeup of the average lab at the academic or state/federal level. Academic programs seem to show this trend as well:

https://news.psu.edu/story/276199/2013/05/07/research/probin...

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1940904080262974...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589871X1...

Source: Worked in a forensic genetics laboratory during my undergrad, and some of my best friends are forensic scientists.