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>But the thing about pretty girls is that they often find it is more immediately profitable to be pretty than to be bright.

100% agree with you. I also think a lot of the difference in the gender ratio can be attributed to the fact that women simply have far more options.

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I wouldn't say more options so much as societally-encouraged options. It's a lot more conforming to expectations to be attractive than it is to be a hacker, so it's easy to leave the less-accepted things by the wayside in a pressuring society.

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