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This is so incredibly condescending. People need "counseling" because they don't choose what you think they should choose?

How about just respecting people's choices??

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Where I come from, it is extremely standard for high school students to receive friendly counseling about what they want to pursue in college. Most young people I know do not sit in isolation deciding what to do with their lives, without discussing it with any adults.

There’s a difference between helping someone make a decision and actively trying to change their decision.

You’re turning it around, this is not about disrespecting personal choice, but rather to identify conditioning factors that effectively force out women that would have otherwise taken that path.

Nope, you are turning it around.

The data from the article shows that women aren't "forced out", but rather that when external forces are removed they prefer to do other things.

Take a women who is a talented programmer and enjoys programmer, but chooses not to work as a programmer because she is sick of constant sexual harassment. Should we respect her choices or design interventions?

> Take a women who is a talented programmer and enjoys programmer, but chooses not to work as a programmer because she is sick of constant sexual harassment. Should we respect her choices or design interventions?

Nice strawman you are doing here. You're implying women aren't choosing STEM careers because of sexual harassment which is a complete lie. Your assertion is backed only by your misandrist ideology who sees men as harassers. But facts don't care about ideology facts are facts and you chose to live in a lie.

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