Case in point, men and women are almost 50/50 in STEM careers around Eastern Europe due to the USSR

around eastern europe -> contries in eastern europe that dont support this claim dont count obviously

due to ussr -> ussr not mentioned in citation

Anyway, this is a way too broad statistic that clumps together tons of fields which are actually pretty split. Basically statistics gerrymandering.

I’m from eastern europe. This is bullshit.

Whittling is cool. You just need a pocket knife, you pick up a stick and you are ready. Just be careful not to cut yourself.