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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]14:29, your argument would hold more water if women weren't actively reporting hostile environments in the fields that you are saying they are simply less interested in pursuing further studies. I was told from first quarter of my freshman year onward by male classmates that they couldn't believe I could have gotten a higher grade on a physics problem set than them or that I didn't "look" or "dress" like a physicist. I chose to stay in the field, but many women who loved physics quite rationally opted to do other things.

I do think it's probably true that women have broader interests, but you are simply postulating that teaching math is more people-oriented than becoming a professional mathematician. You are not considering whether women are rationally pursuing teaching math to avoid the harassment they experienced experienced in math departments.

Now, my anecdotes aren't data, but there are plenty of data showing women face harassment in these male dominated fields. Like I said, get rid of that harassment, and then you can argue that the outcomes are based on innate differences.

It's also interesting your data on medical specialties, which I don't know the stats behind. All of the radiologists of my generation that I know are women who chose that specialty because it is family-friendly.[/quote]

Those stats are from the American medical association.

https://wire.ama-assn.org/education/how-medical-specialties-vary-gender

I actually mispoke, turns out OB/GYN is 85%.[/quote]

A huge factor in OB/GYN is patients selecting against male doctors.  I don't think it's a good measure of what male v female doctors would chose for a specialty sans outside pressures.
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