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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the male geek. The male geek is a huge problem in the West because it drives women away from STEM. The end.
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In my case the fight was to earn that “freedom” to study in the first place. I almost ended up without a middle school degree as a perk of being a girl.
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Else-Quest et al. (2010) explain the country gender-equality findings (by intra vs. intergroup comparison); goes against "free to make choices" argument. This line of argument makes sense to me, deserves more investigation.https://twitter.com/manes/status/896803593038245888 …
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Oh geez I just scrolled up and saw in response to what you posted the quoted tweet originally. In favor of Google memo? Seriously?!!!

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Wait, what? I need to stop "like"ing things before I read (and understand) them
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That someone else was whom I was rolling my eyes at.
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I’m too sick to even try today so will leave that to
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Sounds reasonable (as partial explanation). Strong sexism is less of a confounder than a little sexism -- how ironic!
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