That is my point though: as sexism reduced women joined high status industries to take jobs that require high verbal intelligence. They didn't join programming

That is my point though: as sexism reduced women joined high status industries to take jobs that require high verbal intelligence. They didn't join programming despite it being a high growth industry: why? I'd source this but what I'm discussing is just a Google away and a bunch of studies are never going to convince anybody. Anyway, my point is that the narrative of the article goes against my lived experience. One is allowed to believe their own eyes.