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[QUOTE="Bigboote, post: 2971992, member: 7631"]
I work at a large research institution that's mostly physical sciences/engineering, some biosciences.  So I know a lot of folks who have encouraged their daughters to go into male-dominated fields.  I can think of several who are doctors or are in med school, but am straining to think of any who are in math or hard sciences.  I can think of one who's in finance, which is male-dominated.

I tried to nudge my own daughter that way, and also in sports, all to no avail.  I was a firm believer in nurture over nature till she was born.  She popped out of the womb with a personality that's still recognizable today.  When I look at her and my numerous nephews and nieces, they've all marched to their own drummers.  They've had parents who pushed them to do certain things, and parents who encouraged them to pursue whatever they wanted.  But in the end, they've all wound up doing something you could have predicted when they were five or ten years old.

eembg pointed out that the kids at the event are about 90% male, and it looks like that's the case for most parts of the world.  When you have 90% males pretty much regardless of culture, you have to think that it's not a cultural thing.  It's likely a complex origin that we don't understand.
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