It might be a contributing factor, but I doubt it's the only thing going on. There was an interesting study recently showing a gender bias in academic science [

It might be a contributing factor, but I doubt it's the only thing going on. There was an interesting study recently showing a gender bias in academic science [1]. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/09/14/1211286109.abstract http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/09/14/1211286109.abst...