Actually, when I attended the Bronx HS of Science about 30 years ago, there was a "no penis" restriction on the electronics class and I was shunted into "nutritional science" instead. Yes, this may seem like ancient history, but, because more equal educational opportunities for women in technical subjects are very recent, there are few older role models for younger women, and less chance that they would "choose" to enter fields where there can still be a hostile learning environment.
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Actually, when I attended the Bronx HS of Science about 30 years ago, there was a "no penis" restriction on the electronics class and I was shunted into "nutritional science" instead. Yes, this may seem like ancient history, but, because more equal educational opportunities for women in technical subjects are very recent, there are few older role models for younger women, and less chance that they would "choose" to enter fields where there can still be a hostile learning environment.