> Could it possibly be that in general men and women want different things out of a career? A few years ago I watched a documentary, «The gender equality parad

> Could it possibly be that in general men and women want different things out of a career? A few years ago I watched a documentary, «The gender equality paradox» [1]. It discussed the strange fact that it is far more likely to find make masons and female nurses in Norway, despite the fact that everything in that society pushes towards gender equality. In that documentary, I heard an interesting fact: the proportions between make and female engineers are much farther from 50:50 in Norway (where men are more common) than in India and other less-developed countries, where the two sets are more evenly balanced. The documentary provided this possible explanation: let's suppose there is a biological reason why it is less likely for women to be interested in engineering topics, and men in works requiring social skills. One could imagine that in those countries where there are plenty of jobs and possibilities, everybody is free to pick the job they like most. On the other side, in less developed countries there isn't as much choice, so people are more willing to accept things different from what they would have chosen otherwise. It is clear this is just a theory, but I find the basic fact of the existence of this Norway/India difference intriguing. [1] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p5LRdW8xw70 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p5LRdW8xw70