Generally, there is no actual real difference, the problem is society and that. If i go to my university, in every engineering degree, there is less than 10% girls. in some degrees like my Computer science one, its less than 5%. How do you want more women in the industry with rates like that. Normally, women in science like the biological ones more.
On games, its actually very skewed depending on the type of game, hardcore as **** games, specially if they are multiplayer, are almost completely men only. A recent study said that DOTA and counter strike were more than 95% male, too hostile for girls there. On the other hand, on casual games, its normal to see more girls playing. Of course, skills are mostly the same, but most girls get annoyed by the constant hostility in “hardcore” games and just dont play them.
I remember being carried in counter strike by a girl(mic voice was obvious), and she was the best of our team. No one of the team cared about the fact that she was female, in fact, ive seen more problems with 13 year old kids and the like than girls when playing. In other games, you can see the “omg a grill” respones, wich are very annoying.
I get death threats by russians in dota daily, and insults in every european lenguage there is. Yet i just ignore them and mute them, no problem.