"women will pursue STEM careers if they paid sufficiently more than other jobs, but when the pay is the same they choose service jobs" is not really any differe

"women will pursue STEM careers if they paid sufficiently more than other jobs, but when the pay is the same they choose service jobs" is not really any different from saying "women prefer service jobs" Anything that influences a decision can be reframed as a cost or incentive, but without actually identifying the cost nothing is being explained.