The tech/medicine question is a really interesting one. A lot of the issues cited in software engineering, from initial male-dominance to long hours to rudenes

The tech/medicine question is a really interesting one. A lot of the issues cited in software engineering, from initial male-dominance to long hours to rudeness from superiors, are overwhelmingly present for doctors. (As are a lot of the upsides, like high initial salary.) And yet new doctors are almost 50% female - though the question becomes much messier if you break down by speciality. Clearly the unpleasance of med school isn't driving women out, but there are massive gender gaps in specialties like surgery. I don't have any conclusions here; I just wish people would make these comparisons more often before diagnosing issues as either universal or tech-specific. edit: "More than" to "almost" - I had seen non-American statistics.