<p>But I suspect biology and biology-adjacent sciences are too girly for the tech bro / VC-funded / &quot;masculine energy&quot;, move-fast-and-break-things set. </p><p>Physics is generally seen as a male-dominated field (~4:1 male undergraduate¹), whereas biology is seen as female-dominated (&gt;60% female²). </p><p>Computer science hovers around physics. A few years ago, I checked and discovered the peak of female enrollment in CS came the year I graduated: 1981.</p><p>¹ <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr0787" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc</span><span class="invisible">e.adr0787</span></a><br />² <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140902171429.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedaily.com/releases/2014</span><span class="invisible">/09/140902171429.htm</span></a></p>
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