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by intortus 4142 days ago
You don't think it could have anything to do with attitudes toward women in each respective field?
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You don't think there can be other reasons except attitude?
I'm not saying that the current culture doesn't factor in this. I'm just saying that there may be a stronger factor at play. Business and medicine used to be just as bad, but the large numbers of women entering those fields changed that despite the preexisting toxic professional atmosphere. I feel that it would be the same for tech and engineering, if only it were more attractive for more women.
May be, but women(and men) make their decisions before entering the field.