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From what I've seen, if women do join, they generally are interested in very specific roles or as Officers. I would love to see a breakdown of what proportion of women that are serving are Officers. Very few women seem to have any interest in pursuing careers in any of the trades or positions that are STEM related.I suspect it has more to do with living in ships at sea than with Heart of Oak, but feel free to provide any evidence to the contrary... Shall we do a look into why more women choose to not be in the infantry? Perhaps there is a song somewhere we can blame for that as well?
The reasons people choose to serve in any particular branch/element are many, but the march past is not one of them.
This also mimics the trends in Universities & College. More women than men now attend University and are dominant in almost all programs, except for STEM which is overwhelmingly dominated by men.
I see this in my current line of work. Lots of women working in positions but very few have an interest in turning wrenches or using a hammer at the coal face where the metal meets the meat.