Union contracts mandate higher pay for teachers with Ed,D.That means many gradate schools od education crank out an EdD degree to anyone who will pay the tution. The idea that an EdD is equivalent to a STEM PhD is ludicrous.

It really doesn't matter. Men are making the rational economic choice of not hampering themselves with obscene debt for credentials, not an education. As other posters have stated, the STEM fields still attract more men but women are making inroads. You can't fight biology - the degree used to matter down in the schoolyard. Now that it is just a credential, men know credentials don't mean s**t out where the battles (metaphoric) are fought. Value is different than price.

BS PhDs...
Five letters. That's good, right?

Tough times for female hypergamy!

Yawn. Men still outnumber women by wide margins for PhDs in anything involving math.

PhD fields of study might prove interesting, given the plethora of worthless humanities degrees in "studies" or other trivia requiring only a third grade education.

If a degree didn't require calculus (STEM) or accounting (business) then you got a worthless degree.

Degrees in Business, Engineering, Mathematics & Computer Sciences, and Physical Sciences (also known as REAL DEGREES), are overwhelmingly earned by men.

Degrees in Health Sciences, Education, and Public Administration (also known as SOFT SUBJECTS) are overwhelmingly earned by women.

It would seem that men and women, on average, have different career goals.

Unfortunately, people who earn SOFT degrees wind up in charge of the decision making process in most organizations.

Outnumbered 38 to 25. Oh the humanities!

Clearly the statistical evidence demonstrates pervasive sexism. I demand action by the DOJ.