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At least europe it has kind of switched to the opposite in recent years.
I did a doctorate in physics and women had a much easier time finding PhD/post-doc positions because there is just much more funding available.
Most groups in my institution were majority women.
Professorships are still nearly all men, but that's largely down to the sexism of the previous generations (back in the 60s-90s when they got their positions). This will slowly shift in the coming decades.
Outside of a few niches like computer science this is increasingly true in the US as well AFAIK.
Interesting how computer science is an outlier here when (IIRC) the first programmers were women.
At least math being outlier "makes sense".
I blame (in no small part) Hollywood and movies like Jurassic Park for pushing stereotypes about the field being dominated by creepy, obese, and gross "computer nerds."
Damn it, the stereotype is basically me