I can tell you as a woman, yes woman care about people but we don't really care that much. We care about money too. ;) We can get a lot of our people needs through family.

A lot of the jobs woman choose are just due to money- especially being a nurse as I know quite a few. It's not really an easy job from what I hear from my friends but it pays really well with minimal training. As well as a programmer where I live!

I didn't read the entire link because it was really long but I took a look and I can give you my thoughts as a woman in tech.

"Might young women be avoiding computers because they’ve absorbed stereotypes telling them that they’re not smart enough, or that they’re “only for boys”? "

The author goes on to point to studies that prove otherwise. I really question such studies because they tackle such a broad topic with a limited subset of people and I guess it also doesn't align with my experience.

I would say stereotypes and having to overcome those stereotypes are a huge emotional drain. When I was in college, the president of Harvard Larry Summers came out saying math/science scores have now proved woman are not as capable in tech. To have a person of such authority say this was disheartening at least when I was just trying to keep as positive of an attitude as I could about my own capabilities getting my CS degree.

If I had been any less up for a challenge, I would have switched to another major. Yes I think it's a big deal and it's been too little time to make any conclusions about female aptitude in this regard.