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But why doesn't this affect men's decision making as well?
by throwaway8548 7y ago
But why doesn't this affect men's decision making as well?
- throwaway8459 7y agoMen and women are optimised for _slightly_ different thinking that results in _huge_ divergences at scale?
- Doingmything123 7y agoWhy do you think the issue is biological and not social? Isn't this the nature vs nurture debate?
- jelliclesfarm 7y agoBecause..Uterus. (Short answer)
- throwaway8459 7y agoLike all things, it's not a black and white split between nature vs nurture, it's both.
- Doingmything123 7y agoI don't disagree but I think that in the average case nurture has a much larger affect on our lives that nature.
- iamsb 7y agoIt absolutely does. I know many men in India who would rather do something else than do engineering. Look at the background of most standup comedians in India for example. Most of them come from engineering/stem background and use that to fulfill their side hustle to be a comic and then become full time comics if successful. I was personally far more interested in studying classic Sanskrit literature, but was talked into becoming an engineer.
- throwaway8548 7y agoI should rephrase. Why does it affect men disproportionately less?
- danbolt 7y agoMy gut take is that our society is socialized to value men that have some sort of "breadwinner" status.
- lawnchair_larry 7y agoNot just society, but women especially. It’s not even an issue of socialization. Unemployed or underemployed men are heavily penalized in the dating pool. You don’t have to be a gold digger to value a stable provider as a partner. And women who are self-sufficient still generally tend to prefer men who are at least roughly equal in their ability to provide.
- jakelazaroff 7y agoThe hypothesis is that when economics are less of a factor, people tend towards work they find more enjoyable. Men control most of STEM, so it sucks less for them, which is why you see women disproportionately leaving.
- cortesoft 7y agoCould be a lot of reasons.... if STEM majors have a 'bro' culture, then more men would feel comfortable in that culture than women, and would not be driven away from it.
- iamsb 7y agowill bro culture explain women not enrolling to these majors or just dropping out of these majors? My guess is latter.
- bakuninsbart 7y agoI come from a very progressive family that always tried to treat me and my sister equally. Still, I think there was a much larger social pressure on me to be financially successful than my sister. And that is in a very progressive country, too, in more conservative countries the effect is probably larger still.