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I think it is hypocritical/sexist for [US] gov. agencies to throw money into funding STEM fields to encourage more women but you never see them saying/doing the thing about no men in female dominated fields (vet, literature, etc). CMV

I think the title says it all.  Us in the STEM fields do not see many women and there is a bias in recruiting and helping for women while men are "expected" to show up for these majors.  While I see other departments of all women and no one cares or says anything about that.  Veterinary sciences used to be all men and now it is mostly women.  Why is there no uproar about starting equality in EVERY field?  Why is not sexism to ignore female dominated fields?  

The first thing that comes to mind is that these are not as 'critical' fields but that really seems like a cop out answer.  idk, CMV!
gpt
> The first thing that comes to mind is that these are not as 'critical' fields but that really seems like a cop out answer.

Why is it a "cop out" answer? The thing is the *goal* of the specific programs you're referring to isn't equality or diversity. Whether your agree or not, the government believes that we need more STEM graduates. Explicitly courting females is a good strategy, because there's a cultural history of them not even seriously considering it as a career path even if they have the skill set. Make no mistake, we *also* want more men in STEM fields, but males are more likely to pursue it on their own. If you're looking for qualified candidates who otherwise would have pursued different careers, women are a good place to look.

On the flip side, right now the government doesn't care if we have more vets/authors/nurses, so why would they go out of their way to encourage men to enter these fields, *especially* if some of those men might otherwise have gone into STEM.

tl;dr It's about encouraging people to go into the fields we want to grow, not about equality.