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> Despite an overall trend in STEM throughout the western world for greater male participation than female, computer science is uniquely low; it is rivaled only by physics and MechE for gender disparity.

So, basically you're saying that the more technical a field is, the less women will be inclined to pursue a career in it?

Aside from your tiresome bias coming from obvious ideology, I actually agree with you.

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What makes MechE, CS and physics more "technical" than other STEM sub-fields?

Cultural perception: The more a field is perceived to be about "things" instead of "people", the more technical it is.

I posit that MechE, CS and physics (to an extent) are very much culturally perceived to be more about "things" and less about "people".

To me it is obvious that women in general to a greater extent than men want to do work with a more significant social component.

Hence, it follows naturally that the more specifically technical a field is perceived to be, the less likely women are to pursue a career in said field.

Other fields, like chemistry and mathematics have transferable knowledge to, for example, pharmacology and teaching, respectively. This isn't so much the case with the fields that still feature low engagement among women.

The people vs. things hypothesis has pretty robust data supporting it at this point.

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