[crusso]

The article has the answer of why women aren't in tech fields:

Choosing computer science is an unnecessarily tough choice and one you aren't going to make unless you are one of the stubborn girls like I was

Women in western countries have a lot of life choices that don't include working at an office job. The article talks about IT tracks conflicting with drama tracks... I was thinking "wtf?". If you have drama as one of the main reason for going to school, then you're not really worried about having to earn a living some day. Must be nice.

For men, getting a career to earn a living is what's beaten into you from a very young age. I chose IT as a study and a career because it intersected with the sets of "things that can earn me a decent living" and "things that interest me".

The article goes on to say that the solution is to do more advocacy to encourage women to get into STEM; but that does nothing to really address the root cause... as though it could or should.

[Tichy]

"If you have drama as one of the main reason for going to school, then you're not really worried about having to earn a living some day. Must be nice."

Bingo