[jheriko]

whilst this may be accurate i advocate the safer approach, but equally valid argument that women don't want to enter technology.

this is easily backed by data which shows that the level womens rights in a country has a strong inverse correlation to the number of women in STEM fields. this way, even before we consider the merits of the sexes we have a simple explanation which avoids the classic battle of the sexes arguments... and actually i'm sure women know this themselves - after all they are the ones who regularly decide that they would prefer to enter a non STEM field.

having few women in STEM fields is ironically an indicator of having a free and liberal society with strong rights for women.