Remember our response to Sputnik - vast funding opportunities for technical schools across the countries and graduate stipends in math, science and engineering.
What is our response to our present crisis - woke education where calculus is racist. And Newton’s laws are gender normative [I don’t know what that means in case you were asking.]
Men and women aren’t equal, and they never will be.
As far as Newton, I don’t have the slightest inkling WTF that is supposed to mean.
As for STEM, maybe most women don’t want STEM careers.
I try to convey to young men to learn a trade.
Linemen, HVAC, plumbing, electrician, crane operator, etc.