The Reverse Matilda Effect
Sex ratios and perceptions of prestige
The push to get women into male-dominated industries is not matched by similar efforts to get men into female-dominated industries. Why is this?
One reason, of course, is that positions of power and prestige have historically been more likely to be occupied by men.
But there's an interesting and pernicious reason for why there is no push in the opposite direction to get men into female-dominated industries: