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Originally Posted by BerrieK
Also adult resposibilities of females (eg. rearing kids, household stuff) can make scientific hobbies prohibitive in some cases or stages of life. This scenario is again rather traditionalist.
Cheers, Kerrie
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I do think this is responsible for a lot of it. I have no children so have always been free to follow my photography/astronomy interests (within financial constraints). And until the last couple of decades, women often earnt far less than their male counterparts and this can have an influence too.
Schools tend to lump children into gender grouped activites too - girls are not encouraged, even now, to do woodwork/hands on/scientific type stuff - sewing and cookery are often still considered more 'appropriate'. I can't sew to save myself!