I had the same questions after reading the article. While I feel this helps paint a pretty picture of what's going on it doesn't seem to even attempt to answer

I had the same questions after reading the article. While I feel this helps paint a pretty picture of what's going on it doesn't seem to even attempt to answer the more important question of why its happening? For example, are the people at the top controlling the direction of the escalators or is it just because it's always been a male dominated industry and has strong momentum in that direction? For example the simple fact that the industry is currently male dominant could be a factor in determining the direction of the escalator. Simply being a majority male may be off-putting to women trying to enter the tech industry, however i'm not sure if/how you would go about fairly solving that. I'm also curious about how this problem relates to other sciences, for example did/do chemistry or physics have/had the same problem at some point and how did they overcome it if they did.