  Quote# 96092  In response to:"The fact that women are so
underrepresented in many STEM fields indicates that there must
be some educational, societal, or institutional force pushing
them away." Emphasis added  There is. It has a lot to do with
women though. First with STEM, the hierarchy in the workforce
always favors the smartest/most knowledgeable people. This means
you can't flirt your way to the top or simply just "make it"
eventually.  The work is somewhat quantifiable, so people can be
tracked in how much work they do. You can't sit around and chat
or take extra time off and fuck around. People will find out.
Many fields have horrible deadlines and any person not finishing
their work on time can slow an entire project and become the
weakest link. When you're holding up something that thousands of
people are working on, relying on, etc and they're all waiting
for you, not fun. Additionally you'll be pushed to do overtime,
heavy overtime. When it comes to software development for
example, in the last f