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by repolfx 2444 days ago
Have you ever looked? There's lots of research out there and the scientific consensus is that biological differences drive different selection of jobs.

If you think skewed gender ratios are a computing-specific phenomenon, look here:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/03/06/chart-the-perce...

Almost every profession has a skew one way or another. The professions with the most women are at the top. Look at them and ask yourself if they're high earning: preschool and kindergarten teachers at 97.5% female is first, with, oddly, speech language pathologists being the second most female-dominated job. Then there's dental hygienists, secretaries, more childcare workers, nurses, more dental related positions, medical assistant, hairdresser, etc.

At the bottom you have the usual suspects with brickerlayers, electrical line workers, etc, anything heavy and dangerous being dominated by men.

Is it really a total mystery why childcare jobs are >90% female and crane/tower operators are >99% men?