Countries which have large differences between the living standards of rich and poor is another way to frame it. If you are in India, where the difference betw

Countries which have large differences between the living standards of rich and poor is another way to frame it. If you are in India, where the difference between poor and rich is enormous then you will likely do anything for a high paying job, even if you don’t particularly like it. My Indian friends tell me about this all the time. Getting into tech is seen as a lifeboat, so don’t complain, just do anything under the sun to get there. So of course, if you are a woman, if you can do STEM, you will. Some will enjoy it, others see it as the way to not live as unprotected lower class. In a country like Sweden, where “poor” isn’t “poor like in India”, there is far less incentive. In a country like this, women can study more what perks their interest. Here you see a deep divide in men dominating jobs to do with “things” and women dominating jobs to do with “people”.