Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help

[Excited Penguin]

Yeah, well, those people are genuine morons, apparently. I don't think civilised people will say stuff like that, and you shouldn't care about what people say anyway. Have any of your colleagues told you something like that? Any professors of yours? That would be a problem, not some half-baked opinions of jealous individuals who don't have any skills themselves.

It is a cultural problem, not just random idiots. Maybe giving my own examples for the sake of supporting that was a mistake. Why is it so out of the realm of possibility that our cultural mores encourage boys more than girls in certain fields? I am happy to say things have sure changed since I was a kid, but it still exists. Strong women are not well received culturally. Look at Hillary Clinton.

I can only speak for myself, ultimately. I haven't studied the problem. Maybe I'm biased because of my own views. But some things are simply untrue as a matter of fact, and yet much repeated over the internet.