A few more idle thoughts:
We have both male and female children. In each gender, there is a child who is noticeably talented in one or more STEM-related skills, and also in one or more artistic fields. The parents in our family unit are also individuals with skills in both STEM and artistic areas. I find it fascinating that, as much as children of both sexes are encouraged to pursue and develop their STEM and artistic talents alike in our family, I think male children generally are more likely to be discouraged from pursuing artistic careers, if they have the option of STEM. So it may be that there are factors having to do both with differential encouragement/support (or, perhaps, effectiveness of same) of both STEM or artistic careers in boys and girls. I am not citing any data in this case, just a small sampling of observations unanchored by documentation.
