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https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/outdoor-play-children#why-it-matters
https://news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-health-and-life-sciences/by-aged-two-girls-are-already-playing-outside-less-than-boys/
https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/03/why-women-clean-more-than-men-because-they-re-judged-for-the-mess.html
Children need to play in the mud and get messy. It's good for them. But girls are being discouraged from playing outside. And being able, psychologically, to deal with mess is an important life skill needed for lots of jobs. Including being a doctor. It's better to learn these skills earlier rather than later.
Did you notice in the part you quoted where it says 'This may mean...'? This may mean your source isn't that good.