> is there any hard, reliable evidence that these preferences are driven by upbringing and not something more innate? No, but it’s the default assumption for m

> is there any hard, reliable evidence that these preferences are driven by upbringing and not something more innate? No, but it’s the default assumption for most people in the field. > haven't heard a compelling argument for why every sector needs a 50/50 gender divide. The argument tends to follow from the first assumption, if all preferences are learned, in a perfectly unbiased world you’d see random preferences, so most fields would be 50/50.