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That's also a possibility. I think men are pressured more to earn a lot of money. The traditional mindset was that women didn't need to be breadwinners.

That's certainly a possibility. In fact, maybe most people wouldn't enjoy a career in STEM.

Or, like another commented suggested, maybe something about STEM appeals to men disproportionately.

If I had to guess, it's probably a combination of multiple factors. STEM isn't for everyone. But at a young age, more men are encouraged to pursue it. The high salary of tech jobs might attract men more than women, if men face more pressure to make a lot of money. Now you have a male dominated industry. And that starts to self perpetuate. Young boys see role models and women don't. Women outnumbered in male dominated workplaces become subject to more harassment. STEM starts to become a "man" thing, and less women feel like pursuing the career, especially when there are so many other occupations that seem more interesting. I think that's a plausible explanation for how we got to where we are today.

But nobody knows for sure. My point is, biology shouldn't be the default answer whenever we see gender gaps.

> that women simply are choosing careers in a different distribution to what men do

Why is that, though?

Are women not encouraged to pursue technology careers? Or are they being encouraged to chose other careers instead?

Are they driven away from it by a toxic work place culture?

Or just the perception of tech as having toxic workplace cultures?

Are women moving into roles with more flexibility because they are expected to take on more domestic duties?

Or my hunch... Do women just feel less comfortable entering an industry with such an unbalanced gender ratio to begin with, and it becomes a self perpetuating cycle?

You say Biology be damned, but I don't think it's settled that biology is the main factor here.

And I'm not saying it is or it isn't. I'm saying we don't know.

I liked looking at these patches. They remind me of the kind of imagery they used to print on pogs. Lots of skulls and swords.

At the same time, if I saw an officer wearing this, I'd be inclined to take them less seriously.

The cultures of some police forces are weird. I don't claim to understand it, as an outsider.

And yeah, the drug war is out of control, yatta yatta all that jazz.