The Economic Woman writes up an excellent post bringing up some important points in the recent University of Wisconsin study about the vanishing difference between women and men in math.
I’m not sure, personally, what to make of the difference at the 99th percentile, where the marginal effect in variance between men and women plays a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘women in math’
Following up on Girls=Boys @ Math
Posted in feminism, science, tagged feminism, math, science, women in math, women in science on July 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Girls = Boys @ Math
Posted in feminism, science, tagged feminism, gender gap, mathematics, women in math, women in science on July 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A massive new study has found that women and men have the exact same mathematics abilities.
That’s the headline for the day. Tomorrow’s edition of Science will have the actual results posted, however the highlights look to be that the message that has been the norm for 18 years will have even more support as of [...]
About damn time we acknowledged it.
Posted in feminism, science, tagged academia, academics, engineering, feminism, math, professionals, resources, science, women in math, women in science on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
They’ve finally given some significant evidence that the math gap between men and women isn’t biologically based.
Since it’s taken this long, wouldn’t you know that the gap between women and men in positions in the engineering fields is just as big as it ever was? My own company has a couple hundred people, 30% [...]
