Possible explanation as follows: The perks for those jobs in our culture are different ones and on average women prefer a different mix. In western culture, my

Possible explanation as follows: The perks for those jobs in our culture are different ones and on average women prefer a different mix. In western culture, my experience has been: When you tell some acquaintance you're a software developer, engineer etc., they are almost instantly bored. Contrast that with * Science - The flair of knowledge, curiosity, discovery and a general sense of meaning * the law - Status and money * Medicine - Making a real difference in peoples lives, also extremely prestigous Maybe men are just less capable of resisting the urge to tinker in order to achieve more respected/better payed jobs? It bears to be repeated: This is western culture valuation, might be different in other cultures, which also might result in a different distribution.