> I am shocked that there is even a discussion to be had on this. We have to have this discussion is virtue signalers and far leftists keep spewing lies. > It

> I am shocked that there is even a discussion to be had on this. We have to have this discussion is virtue signalers and far leftists keep spewing lies. > It would be great if engineering could get to this point. If it were, then it would mean that a significant number of women are forced into the field out of poverty or familial pressure. "Some would say that the gender STEM gap occurs not because girls can’t do science, but because they have other alternatives, based on their strengths in verbal skills,” she said. “In wealthy nations, they believe that they have the freedom to pursue those alternatives and not worry so much that they pay less." https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/02/the-more-gender-equality-the-fewer-women-in-stem/553592/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/02/the-more... We have decades of research on this already. The wealthier a nation is and more equal a nation is, the greater the disparity in STEM. "What’s more, the countries that minted the most female college graduates in fields like science, engineering, or math were also some of the least gender-equal countries. They posit that this is because the countries that empower women also empower them, indirectly, to pick whatever career they’d enjoy most and be best at."