Why is it men in say finance/law are usually more masculine than guys in engineering/tech?
— □□ IM □□ (@TellYourSonThis) July 19, 2020
We're having a discussion about this, and we're sure this is true (generally speaking), but we don't know why it is the case.
Why is it that engineers are stereotypically unmasculine? I believe there are five interrelated things going on here: little interaction, ego, untrained bodies, noncompetitive, and high focus in other areas. This is not to say that engineers are particularly manly. Certainly there are outliers, and manliness comes in more than one form, but in general this trend seems to be true.
1. Engineering requires much less human interaction than other fields, especially when compared to sales, customer service, or law. This attracts quiet and introverted men. Being quiet and/or introverted on its own is by no means antithetical to manliness/masculinity, but being meek/letting others walk all over you is.