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Men And Women Think Women Are Bad At Basic Math

Posted by Unknown on from the my-mom-makes-fun-of-me-for-sucking-at-diff-eq dept.

sciencehabit writes "Think women can't do math? You're wrong — but new research (paywalled) shows you might not change your mind, even if you get evidence to the contrary. A study of how both men and women perceive each other's mathematical ability finds that an unconscious bias against women — by both men and women — could be skewing hiring decisions, widening the gender gap in mathematical professions like engineering."

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  1. Participation awards for boys! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because we all know that women are better than men at some things, but men are never better than women at anything.

  2. Some women are _very_ bad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    My ex-girlfriend was once helped through a math problem by her teacher, and they figured out that the solution was the half of x, so the teacher told her to write that down.

    She wrote down '/'.

  3. Re:Obligatory xkcd by retroworks · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obligatory RTFA, (the comic is at the top of the second link)

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