Not quite - the question is posed with a historical context that has since changed. It is certainly the case that history lacks female authors, but that’s not so true today. Writing is one discipline where women have substantially levelled the playing field.
Other fields do still suffer a deficit of female participation, and the reasons for that are highly debated of course.
Notably for this site, there are vanishingly few female engineers compared to the male population.
My pop explanation is that engineers are produced in a pipeline that starts with games (particularly video games) which are stigmatized in the typical socialization that young girls are subject to.
Other fields do still suffer a deficit of female participation, and the reasons for that are highly debated of course.
Notably for this site, there are vanishingly few female engineers compared to the male population.
My pop explanation is that engineers are produced in a pipeline that starts with games (particularly video games) which are stigmatized in the typical socialization that young girls are subject to.