Masculine What in STEM?

Good thing I didn't have anyone telling me stuff like this when I picked my college major or taught myself coding. Profs blame 'masculine' ideals for lack of women in STEM. How to do you come to that kind of conclusion with a sample size of 8? Oops, did I just deploy a "masculine norm" by asking a question? Well I'm, going to do it again. Was that sample size of 8 whole students randomly selected? Was it representative of female STEM students? Was this study even intended to be rigorous and scientific with its sample size of 8 whole students?

​Look, don't go around telling your daughters stuff like this and don't let anyone else try to sell them this load of goods either.