There are obviously many factors here, but one major one is > women, more often than men, add that they want to become socially responsible engineers, working

There are obviously many factors here, but one major one is > women, more often than men, add that they want to become socially responsible engineers, working to solve major problems and making a difference in people’s lives—which is consistent with other research showing that women are significantly more likely than their male counterparts to be interested in engineering work that is “socially conscious” (i.e., specializations such as environmental vs. electrical engineering). Electrical engineering and computer science and similar fields are, for the most part, just not a great fit for people with such aspirations. There are some nonprofits in the area, of course, but overall the industry is very profit-oriented. Most of us optimize ad revenue or something like that. We spend most of our days writing code instead of interacting with people whose lives we improve.