I was alluding to this kind of research, as well as my experiences, when we (@Abebab & @maria_ndrnh) were talking about how some (all?) subjects are gendered in UK but not e.g. where I'm from: "Girls Lead in Science Exam, but Not in the United States" https://nyti.ms/UoNta5 
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yeah i was told i'd be good at languages but not maths at highschool
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but this was pretty normal - languages are for girls, maths is for boys, and computer science.
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and at least in recent decades. i have read that programming was seen as a woman's job in western countries before it became an attractive thing to do
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Yes, there's a lot on that and there's many women programmers. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_computing …
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