trustmebro.to/r/…
✓ checked
trust me, bro:
here is the receipt.
the claim

Women are more likely than men to leave STEM careers.

the verdict
CONTESTED PARTIAL
Recorded sources
5 sources for · 2 against

Counts group repeated records of the same source within each side. They do not measure evidence strength or source independence.

Is it true that women are more likely than men to leave STEM careers?

Partly. Several studies report women leaving STEM majors or the pipeline more often than men, though most cover college majors or calculus rather than careers. Other research finds the gender retention gap in engineering and the bachelor's-to-PhD pipeline has narrowed or is explained by labor-force exit and childbearing.

Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 5 sources for, 2 against · Last checked

The private library was unavailable for some searches in this check. Missing library results are not evidence against the claim.

Evidence for · 5
Why women leave STEM: the role of stereotypes
2020
Get citation
Why women leave STEM: the role of stereotypes. (2020). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.21064/winrs.2020.2.6

Evidence against · 2
Are recent cohorts of women with engineering bachelors less likely to stay in engineering?
2015
Get citation
Are recent cohorts of women with engineering bachelors less likely to stay in engineering?. (2015). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01144

See more details
More for · 4
Women 1.5 Times More Likely to Leave STEM Pipeline After Calculus Compared to Men: Lack of Mathematical Confidence a Potential Culprit
2015
Get citation
Ellis, J., Fosdick, B., & Rasmussen, C. (2015). Women 1.5 Times More Likely to Leave STEM Pipeline After Calculus Compared to Men: Lack of Mathematical Confidence a Potential Culprit. arxiv.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157447

Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Fields
2019
Get citation
Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Fields. (2019). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.31979/etd.5hxr-h4jn

A Quantitative Analysis of the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Programs within Vocational Education and Training in Spain
2021
Get citation
Mónica, M., Antonio, M., & P., G. J. (2021). A Quantitative Analysis of the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Programs within Vocational Education and Training in Spain. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5847010

Development and validation of the Value-Expectancy STEM Assessment Scale for students in higher education
2018
Get citation
Appianing, J. & Eck, R. N. V. (2018). Development and validation of the Value-Expectancy STEM Assessment Scale for students in higher education. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-018-0121-8

More against · 1
The Bachelor’s to PhD STEM Pipeline No Longer Leaks More Women Than Men: A 30-Year Analysis
2015
Get citation
Miller, D. I. & eWai, J. (2015). The Bachelor’s to PhD STEM Pipeline No Longer Leaks More Women Than Men: A 30-Year Analysis. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00037

Receipt History
held for human review17 Oct 2026
Anyone with this link can read the claim and its public receipt, including any personal information in that text. Open permanent receipt.
Check your own claim
Challenge the receipt
Requests are recorded for review. This does not start an automatic check or guarantee a response time.

Citation formatting by citeproc-js (Frank Bennett) and the Citation Style Language project. Source and licenses.

This receipt is an automated verdict against our published method · not an opinion about any author or publication.
Terms · Privacy · How verdicts work