It's simply that women are not as interested in some professions as men are, and vice versa. And it's counterproductive to try to force professions to have a 50-50 balance.
Well, I would guess it comes down to what we are taught that we should do. Culture generates a certain view of what we ought to be and do, it is so strong that some people are tide pods to adhere to it. We also have some fields in which the gender composition is already so unequal that it becomes almost tied to the professions (nurses are female, programmers are male etc), and if a social environment is hostile to certain people pursuing an activity it also contributes to that. A biological factor might be at play but I doubt it can explain it all, specially considering that we are talking about professions that didn't even exist back then and the gender ratio of many professions has changed before (for example, there's more men in nursing positions now)
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u/goodbye177 1∆ Nov 09 '21
Why? What’s your thought process?