Do women prefer low paying degrees/jobs?

[Anonymous]

It's no surprise that if you walk through a campus of a liberal arts, psychology university you will more women than men. I once took an elective in psychology and in the entire class of 35 there were only 3 guys (2 of whom dropped the course mid way).
However if you go to a STEM uni you will see comparatively less women. In fact it is surprising to see a girl in a class of mechanical engineering or computer science etc.
At the same time degrees in STEM, Bussiness, Law etc are higher paying that liberal arts degrees.
So why do women generally choose these fields of study more and men avoid these fields. Also its more normalized if a women studies say philosophy, psych, design etc but a man is stigmatized.
Is this a good trend?
Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

It's not that they prefer low paying jobs, per se. But they are far more likely to compromise future pay for comfort and to pursue personal interests. Women are more likely to choose professions that are fulfilling in non-monetary ways whereas men are more likely to choose a profession based on it's monetary potential.

Why is that? Because men know their value as a man is based largely on their ability to earn and provide.

Why do women choose to forgo some earning potential in exchange for non-monetary fulfillment? To put it simply, because they can.

[Tyrael]

It's an interesting aspect of the distinct differences between men and women. Despite opportunity of equality and opportunity of outcome in places like Scandinavia, you still find those same differences. As those countries become more egalitarian, the differences become more apparent.

I'm not entirely sure why men and women make the choices that do, but it's clear that despite the push for equal numbers of men and women in these fields, women are simply choosing not to get into them.

[Tyrael]

Despite equality of opportunity and equality of outcome*

That sentence for away from me.

[Anonymous]

It depend in many countries many girls go into stem most engineer in Iran are woman. I mean in middle Eastern and most Asian and Eastern European countries many women do engineering and stem. In West people think that science is for nerds which is why girls don't do it.

[Opinion Owner]

West need to remove stigma around stem I think even Latin America have many female stem graduate in my country computer science is filled with woman through they're rare in mechanical it is all about culture. In my country computer science is neutral while mechanical is masculine. there would be more woman if stem would be neutral rather than nerdy

[Opinion Owner]

Lol I don't know why people in West don't find stem guys attractive. they are rich and usually smart totally my type but than again I am Asian.

[Redred56]

I would hope before you even chose a course/class. You made a goal in life that you want to obtain
That way you can get an education to go on par.

[sheikalana]

No! I can't speak for all women but I don't.