[James]

I'm sure upbringing and society plays some part but the conundrum is still that countries with the most gender equality - and have the most choice - have the least going into different careers to what was traditional.

Here's an article about the same thing and STEM subjects.

COUNTRIES WITH GREATER gender equality see a smaller proportion of women taking degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), a new study has found.

Dubbed the “gender equality paradox”, the research found that countries such as Albania and Algeria have a greater percentage of women amongst their STEM graduates than countries lauded for their high levels of gender equality, such as Finland, Norway and Sweden.

The researchers, from Leeds Beckett University and the University of Missouri, believe this might be because countries with less gender equality often have little welfare support, making the choice of a relatively high-paid STEM career more attractive.

The study, published in Psychological Science, also examined what motivates girls and boys to study STEM subjects, including overall ability, interest or enjoyment in the subject and whether science subjects were a personal academic strength.....

Full article - http://www.thejournal.ie/gender-equa...48156-Feb2018/

[Maru]

James, that was a good video documentary. I didn't expect it to go the way that it did with how it was setup from the beginning. Also kinda depressing how the social scientists reacted to criticism... presented with evidence to the contrary of their hypothesis, they said that they don't believe that they're good enough, and yet their "theoretical" summations are valid without any sort of scientific grounding? Pretty much says it all.