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My opinion, which I think is the obvious answers, which is not backed up by anything, is there are less woman scientists simply because women are not encouraged to be scientists. I don't think you need a bunch of cross cultural studies. It is the same reason more African Americans are involved in professional sports, Asians are more represented in Engineering fields, and there are a lot of Jewish doctors. In each of these minicultures, the kids are encouraged to go into these prospective fields and they do. I don't think there is any credible evidence to show that there is any innate difference intellecutally between men and woman, asian and africans etc. I have a gazillion white trash relatives in the midwest, and none of them encourage their daughters to be scientists. They are all encouraged to work at Hooters.
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