Study of 1.6 Million Grades Shows Little Gender Difference in Math and Science at School (theconversation.com)

A study of school grades of more than 1.6 million students shows that girls and boys perform similarly in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) subjects. From a report: The research, published today in Nature Communications, also shows that girls do better than boys in non-STEM subjects. Our results provide evidence that large gaps in the representation of women in STEM careers later in life are not due to differences in academic performance. One explanation for gender imbalance in STEM is the "variability hypothesis." This is the idea that gender gaps are much larger at the tails of the distribution -- among the highest and lowest performers -- than in the middle.

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Re:So, when are we going to do somethign about thi

[grasshoppa]

Kinda sad this got modded as "Funny" ( as of right now anyway ), it's more +5 Sad because you know it won't happen. Men and boys are expendable, they exist to support and provide for women...and that's precisely how society views them.

Welcome to the "patriarchy".

As an aside, I'm conflicted on encouraging more people to go to college. Funding is already a shitshow ( student loans being guaranteed, colleges having blank checks ), and the indoctrination environment on college campuses aren't healthy for people to be subjected to. That said, I would absolutely love to see programs aimed at boys for the trades ( construction, plumbing, electrical, machinists, ect... ).

Re: Equal abilities

[AmiMoJo]

It is.

https://www.wired.com/story/th...