&gt; Why does nobody make this argument about Nursing, or Teaching, or Social Work, or Psychology, or any of the &quot;Female dominated&quot; fields?<p>People make this argument about female dominated fields (particularly education and nursing, which are, or have been, areas of perceived shortages) all the time; they probably don&#x27;t make it as often in <i>tech industry focused discussion fora</i>, for reasons of lack of relevance to the venue.