Renewable Energy is something still under development by those hated, highly educated "nerd and geek boys." Oil drilling and digging for coal, on the other hand, often rely on already developed technology, which can be carried out by "real he-men who work with their hands."
It's only going to get worse as gen Z enters the workforce in increasing numbers, because one of the STEM community's long held dreams is finally coming true.
More and more girls and young women are holding onto their love of Math, Science, Engineering, and Medicine and refusing to give up on their dreams. Social pressures to do so are still there, but they're standing up them.
This is helping to kill the myth that there's anything inherently masculine about STEM, making STEM more and more of a threat to the shaky sense of manhood widespread throughout MAGA. It also sends those women off toward futures in which they are more free to stand up for themselves.
Those of us who are at the ABD stage for their PhDs in Mathematics (for example), having the rare (and much in demand) ability to tutor in courses that are far beyond Calculus, have made a wonderful discovery along the way.
We can make well over $100 / hour, just by putting our names on university departmental tutoring lists. With some of the really advanced material, market prices rise even about $200 / hour. This is good money, and it's abundant money. There is no shortage of clients.
That's enough money that if one also has a background in Engineering, one can fund one's own tinkering, and develop technologies that can then be profitably marketed. What comes out of that isn't just good money. It's "go make love to yourself, Bif" money.
It's money that takes away some abusive male's ability to credibly threaten a woman into unquestioning obedience, by telling her that if she doesn't bow down to him, she'll end up hungry and freezing, out on the street. She doesn't have to take any grief from one of those "alpha males."
This is real freedom. It's real freedom that she finds in a world in which women really are viewed as equals, and sincerely respected, leaving her with no reason to want to put up with some gracelessly aging ex-frat boy who was hoping to prove his manhood, by bullying her into submission.
Insane? No, deeply insightful. Being male (and large), I have an advantage when I try to understand why these men act as they do. They are more willing to say the vile "quiet stuff" out loud, when women aren't around to hear it. They look at me, and think that I'm an "alpha," too.
Thinking that I'm on their side, they'll brag about their exploits, and each one will be worst than the last. Having gotten their ideas about the men in STEM from the Big Bang Theory, they'll just assume that I must be one of the frat boys, at first, and say the most horrible things.