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> “Countries with the highest gender equality tend to be welfare states,”
> they write, “with a high level of social security.” Meanwhile, less
> gender-equal countries tend to also have less social support for people
> who, for example, find themselves unemployed. Thus, the authors
> suggest, girls in those countries might be more inclined to choose stem
> professions, since they offer a more certain financial future than,
> say, painting or writing.
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> “Countries with the highest gender equality tend to be welfare states,”
> they write, “with a high level of social security.” Meanwhile, less
> gender-equal countries tend to also have less social support for people
> who, for example, find themselves unemployed. Thus, the authors
> suggest, girls in those countries might be more inclined to choose stem
> professions, since they offer a more certain financial future than,
> say, painting or writing.