Plus because they are afraid of losing everything they have worked their entire lives to achieve.
Talk about being caught between Scylla and Charybdis. If you compete against the men you lose your prestige and scholarships. If you drop out in protest, you lose your prestige and scholarships. Either way you lose.
Damn these male mental nutjobs all to hell for doing this to hardworking, honest women.
Swirling around the Toilet.