> Such a convenient explanation... CS is one of the highest paid professions, and women are taking advantage of lack-of-sexism and choosing to stay out of CS... because umm... they don't need the money?

As I stated in my previous comment, it's because other high paying industries stopped being sexist against women, and then the women that would have been pushed out of those industries and into CS can now study and work in the field of their choice. Nowhere did I write that "they don't need the money", and I even said that they were choosing other high paying fields once medicine, law, etc. stopped enforcing overtly sexist policies against women. Discussions are more productive when you engage with what other commenters are writing instead of your own inventions.

It’s a well known fact (supported and replicated by research in multiple countries and societies) that women are less motivated by money than men. Women also prefer to work with people vs things (also well replicated result).

Obviously if a choice is starving vs CS, most women would prefer CS. That’s the choice for many women in Iran (most equal country in CS) or India. That’s not choice for most women in US or Europe. We are talking averages here - obviously there are a lot of women much more motivated by money than average men.

That’s quite clearly not what they were saying. If you want to argue with yourself, do it in a Word document and don’t involve the rest of us. I’d like to think that this community is above being intellectually dishonest in the name of starting internet fights. I have very very little time or respect for this mindset. What are you hoping to gain from this interaction?