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Re:A female engineer's opinion on why there are fewer women ... by chillee on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @05:27PM (#17034273)
Could you provide a citation on "the numbers hold up all the way to PhDs"?

I found https://www.aps.org/programs/education/statistics/fraction-p...

Vs

https://www.aps.org/programs/education/statistics/womenmajor...

Over 40% undergraduate degrees go to women, while less than 30% of doctorates.

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Re:A female engineer's opinion on why there are fewer women ... by tptacek on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @05:31PM (#17034317)
https://imgur.com/a/nNHqwsP

Science Magazine, "Expectations of brilliance underlie gender distributions across academic disciplines", vertical axis is PhDs, 2011 numbers.

If nothing else at this point I think we can put a bullet in the "they just want to be math teachers" hypothesis.

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Re:A female engineer's opinion on why there are fewer women ... by aptwebapps on Thursday May 10, 2018 @04:22AM (#17037173)
That url works, but no image loads.
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