Because we don&#x27;t completely know whether preferences differ, or whether cultural biases cause those preferences to differ.<p>I have a young boy and a girl. They are pushed into so many gendered roles from such a young age I have a really hard time trying to figure out what they <i>actually</i> like, versus what society <i>tells them</i> they should like.<p>My son recently picked up a pink toy in a store and said &quot;I can&#x27;t have this one because it&#x27;s for girls, daddy.&quot; He used to love the colour pink. I wanted to scream in frustration because society has pushed him to rate <i>a wavelength of light</i> as &quot;for girls&quot; or &quot;for boys.&quot; I told him that anyone can like whatever colour they want. But he now refuses to play with pink toys, because society has made it very clear that he&#x27;s not supposed to touch them.<p>So yeah, maybe women would make fine plumbers and miners. We have typically pushed men into those roles. So we&#x27;ll never know.