According to this paper the problem isn't discrimination (mild positive discrimination was found at times) it's more to do with women's coice of having kids at the time when men are pumping their careers along.
"Addressing today's causes of underrepresentation requires focusing on education and policy changes that will make institutions responsive to differing biological realities of the sexes."
Understanding current causes of women's underrepresentation in science
Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams
http://www.pnas.org/content/108/8/3157.full
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