> This, incidentally, blows out of the water the argument made by some feminists that women don't do STEM because of conditioning in nasty patriarchal societies

> This, incidentally, blows out of the water the argument made by some feminists that women don't do STEM because of conditioning in nasty patriarchal societies. I don't understand your logic here. Isn't the more natural conclusion that the desire to get a good life is stronger than the conditioning?