>Were it offered merely as a factor which explained some subset of the gender imbalances in STEM, that would be more reasonable. Yes that is a more accurate co

>Were it offered merely as a factor which explained some subset of the gender imbalances in STEM, that would be more reasonable. Yes that is a more accurate construction. For the sake of expedience I wasn't this precise, and left it to the reader to sauce out this more precise meaning, which given the format, I think was entirely reasonable.