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Re:The More Gender Equality, the Fewer Women in STEM by mpweiher on Monday February 19, 2018 @08:45AM (#16412805)
No. But preferences do explain why women don't emphasize money in their career choice, whereas men do.

The vast majority of women will not continue dating a man who earns less than they do. Two thirds of young women in Germany expect their future partners to take care of them financially.

So for men, earning money and status is absolutely essential.

See also: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jul/02/a-lette...

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Re:The More Gender Equality, the Fewer Women in STEM by TuringTest on Monday February 19, 2018 @09:00AM (#16412872)
What makes you think this is explained by biological preferences alone, or that those preferences scale to society-wide differences in salary?
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Re:The More Gender Equality, the Fewer Women in STEM by mpweiher on Monday February 19, 2018 @09:58AM (#16413211)
(1) Actually, I didn't even mention biology. I just wrote "preferences".

(2) What makes you think it wouldn't? After all, it affects everyone in society. And motivation is a pretty powerful force, it is basically how our entire economy is structured.

See also:

https://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/money-gender-a...

"...it typically takes a lot less money to get women to say they are satisfied with their work than it does to get men to say it."

"Women were more likely to tell PayScale that say they find their jobs “very meaningful” than men were, with 35 percent of women and 27 percent of men describing their jobs this way."

So women have more freedom to find meaningful jobs. Men less so.

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