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Who are better at math & science....?
Posted by n21arie • 9/26/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: gender, science
in 2005, the then-president of Harvard University said that men are better at math and science than women. (President Lawrence Summers' exact words were a bit more roundabout. While theorizing why women are underrepresented in those fields, he said "there is a different availability of aptitude at the high end.")
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Nice post. Maybe you could post a direct link, that woul be more convenient and might attract some more readers.
I think it's important to let people know this. As you said: steriotypes are still abound. I don't think there is an intrinsic difference in the math- and science-abilities of men and women. The problem is that emancipation is still lacking in some areas, even though it becomes better. Girls are way less encouraged to do math or science.-
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