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Men dominate many fields of work, but largely on an outdated premise IMO. In the past the man generally had to hunt for food and the woman would stay home to take care of children.

That basically has meant men were the majority workforce. However today:

1.) We don't have to hunt for food. We don't even farm for our own food any more.

2.) Most households need two incomes to be able to live a comfortable life, as such women don't grow up anymore just assuming they can get pregnant and it's mission accomplished. Women are more career oriented and it's no just a feminist type thing, it's a reality of living in the world today. A woman can't assume she can be a housewife, what happens if he husband is not making enough money? What happens in a divorce?

So an influx of women into fields that previously would've been fairly male-only or male-centric is natural. The world doesn't need that many women working at a salon or whatever "people friendly" job some men would deem "women centric". Also does a female librarian not work with "things", how does she ever cope with such extreme "stress", lol. There are differences between men and women, but mainly that applies to extremely physical fields. Perhaps fields like construction will generally be dominated by men ... but office jobs where you sit in front of a computer? The men at Google (this guy in particular) looks like he couldn't bench press a bag of salt. 

Even the gender specific slants we put on "things" ... are some of them even true today? I.E.: "Computers are for boys" ... uh ... yeah maybe if you're living in 1989. In 2017, women are the central driver of the biggest computer platform (smart phones), a platform that has overtaken Windows as the no.1 global operating system (something unthinkable 10-15 years ago). This generation of kids who are just growing up aren't really going to have that same outlook on things.