I've heard a theory for explaining that that goes like this: 1. choosing a career path you're not interested in can be considered a luxury 2. women tend to be

I've heard a theory for explaining that that goes like this: 1. choosing a career path you're not interested in can be considered a luxury 2. women tend to be less interested in computer science 3. people in the "first world" tend to have more luxuries of all sorts since they are wealthier 4. thus, percentage of women in STEM anti-correlates with GDP-per-capita