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   , David   
   Friedman  writes   
   >In article ,   
   > Helen Hall  wrote:   
   >   
   >> In message   
   >> , David   
   >> Friedman  writes   
   >> >In article <8Upl$eJZbYMJFwZx@baradel.demon.co.uk>,   
   >> > Helen Hall  wrote:   
   >> >> >   
   >> >> You don't think the fact that women have only had anything remotely   
   >> >> approaching equality of educational opportunities for the past, say, 30   
   >> >> years isn't a factor?   
   >> >   
   >> >I'm sure it's a factor. That doesn't tell us how much of the result it   
   >> >explains. At present, there are some fields, including high paid ones   
   >> >such as lawyers, where the number of women and men coming in is roughly   
   >> >equal, others, such as mathematicians and physicists, where there is a   
   >> >very large discrepency. I don't think educational opportunities can   
   >> >explain that, although there might be other environmental explanations.   
   >> >   
   >> As I said in another post, TV is one. Where is the TV drama that shows   
   >> mathematicians and physicists as cool, sexy and earning lots of money?   
   >   
   >Is this a difference between TV men watch and TV women watch?   
   >   
   No, as far as I know, boys are equally affected by the desire to emulate   
   the career choices shown on TV, but the few mathematicians and   
   physicists shown are almost invariably men. But to be honest, neither   
   sex seems to want to do pure science at the moment, though they may do   
   more practical or applied science subjects. Our offspring did sports   
   science, our nephew wants to do medicine. Our niece wants to be a   
   paramedic.   
      
   Helen   
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