> 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. No it doesn't At most it suggests that in more desperate circumstances women will be motivated to climb that hill and struggle through it It doesn't mean there isn't a problem