Have you considered that maybe it's "no fun" for them because the societal expectations of what girls and boys should enjoy begin from an early age?
Perhaps the forms of play that lead many to programming (eg building things with lego) aren't encouraged as much as playing with dolls. These pressures and expectations come from family and friends from the day we are born, it's the classic problem of separating nature vs nurture.
Me, 2017: "How do you like me NOW?!"
It's easy to forget that in the 1980's in the U.S. being obsessed with computers was not a highly regarded trait. The idea then that much of our work in the future would completely revolve around them was insanity to most people.
In all races/societies without exception human males are more inclined to fight wars, more inclined to suicide, why it is so hard to believe that some positive traits are also wired?
Do you have a link to data supporting this theory? The theory has been around for many years, I'm interested to see the new findings.
I personally can't stand pinky princess shit. I ask for the boy toy in the Happy Meal. And yet she's picked that up.
Most of what kids do is because what society instills in them as the proper thing.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080303120346.h... (girl advantage on language processing)
So it appears gender doesn't define an absolute of interests, but it provides amplification to certain interest. So of course you can gather hundreds of women who love math, logic puzzles and D&D; which is great, but is not relevant when talking about predisposition (but about conclusion)