> the opportunity to be educated or trained in the scholastic, monastic, or financial professions

Isn't the better question who invented those things?

I mean we are looking for the first one, which is likely to be the person who invented it. Males and Females have an equal opportunity here.

> But not necessarily (or even likely) because of the author's claim that males seem to be more prone to be early adopters.

Do Males invent things more often than Females or not? That's the question.

> because of the male-oriented power dynamics

Who created those dynamics? Why was it a male and not a female?

You are arguing about a world where men already "won" and prevent females from doing things.

But the question you should be addressing is an earlier one: Why did men "win" in the first place?