I think you may have misread the article. It does not present the data you think it does. > In countries with the highest levels of gender equality, where wom

I think you may have misread the article. It does not present the data you think it does. > In countries with the highest levels of gender equality, where women are least likely to experience any of these negative forces That is absolutely not what a high level of gender equality means. Countries that have "higher levels of gender equality" do not guarantee or even suggest any likelihood of not having these negative forces in a girl or woman's life. (I would privately posit that it may be the opposite, in fact - that perhaps those countries would find that in private home lives, those forces are as strong or stronger than elsewhere. But I don't know this, I'm speculating on that point.) Often the forces in a person's life are from close friends or their family - these are not measured in this article and certainly have an impact on how people choose their careers and interests in life. You also made up the idea that they are "self-selecting" to not be a part of the system. The article does not make that claim - you did, out of thin air.