Maybe it's cultural differences, maybe it's preference. I will provide an anecdote. I'm a woman who enjoys coding, and is currently in a math degree. Growing up

Maybe it's cultural differences, maybe it's preference. I will provide an anecdote. I'm a woman who enjoys coding, and is currently in a math degree. Growing up, my toys were never pre-selected although my mother encouraged my love of puzzles (lego and toys like that). Still, I had an obsession with dolls as most girls seemed to, and I remember genuinely enjoying those things. There was no pressure, I simply liked caring for and dressing up tiny models of myself and my friends. I think for most girls this is genuinely a true preference that carries on into adult life. In fact, I'm still toying with either becoming an independent developer or a math teacher for young children, and often wonder if I'd even like to be a stay-at-home mom and do some freelance stuff. I don't think we can say either way what it is that "keeps" girls from science, but I honestly lean towards the preference angle. There are differences between males and females and that's okay.