But Justice Adams agreed with the magistrate, finding that while The Simpsons characters had hands with four fingers and their faces were "markedly and deliberately different to those of any possible human being", the mere fact that they were not realistic representations of human beings did not mean that they could not be considered people.

Indeed! this is certainly a convoluted hyperreality on par with South Park's Imaginationland.

Cheers, Mike

Occupational prestige counts as much as salary, too.

Cheers, Mike

Why are men interested in studying CS, engineering, or physical sciences?

When you find the answer to that question, everything else starts to make sense. My understanding is that gender expectations, childhood socialization, educational opportunities, and occupational prestige and rewards explain this gap pretty well.

Cheers, Mike