According to a study published today in the journal PNAS, many girls who do every bit as well as their male peers in mathematics may still decide on more humanities-centric careers—because their verbal skills outshine their already high marks in math.

TheRavenousRabbit · 2019-07-16T15:15:19+00:00

Is anybody surprised by this discovery?

Can't wait till someone tries to pass this off as a patriarchy-brainwashing thing.

tenchineuro · 2019-07-16T16:27:20+00:00

"many girls who do every bit as well"

Okay, how many is "many"?

It's definitely written poorly on purpose. Many stars can be seen by the human eye, true. But that's not quantitative.

perplexedm · 2019-07-16T18:07:52+00:00

Another example of 'women are wonderful' effect. Women's words are more accepted that men's, hence the result.

Mathematics does not work that way.

Ansodyte · 2019-07-16T16:21:22+00:00

Maybe, just maybe, at least on average, girls have different preferences than boys.

ckitano88 · 2019-07-16T15:44:18+00:00

I was just going to crosspost this...

Take head Men, this is a funny article.

1) girls superb at communication boys not as good.

A but sexist but ok...

2) girls make CHOICES to be what they are.

The patriarchy is not at fault. Women are for their decisions not to join stem.

Remember often the “women power” logic has to cut both ways eventually and this is one of those times

TheRavenousRabbit · 2019-07-16T22:39:54+00:00

Not sure how this is connected to Men's Rights. But I'll just add my thoughts anyway.

People should be free decide what's best for them and live the life they want.

I have a family friend who is a lot older than I am. She graduated as one of the top computer science student at MIT. She then went on to get a Masters and PhD in Computer Science. She got hired into a top tech company in Silicon Valley earning 6 figures a year.

One day, she just decided to quit her job. Ended up going back to school to get a degree in creative writting. She now works as an intern for a well known internet media company.

Though she is not earning anywhere as much as she had working for the tech giant, she's finally happy because she's doing something she loves.

Disclaimer: I'm a female computer science student. I've been programming since I was 9, and I'm really good at maths. When it comes to my verbal skills... I get by with Grammarly.

I'm also part of my universities Women in Engineering and Computer Science group trying to get girls to develop their passion in STEM and hopefully consider a career in STEM.

5th_Law_of_Robotics · 2019-07-17T11:38:54+00:00

So once again a major feminist complaint comes back to women having more choices.

According to a study published today in the journal PNAS, many girls who do every bit as well as their male peers in mathematics may still decide on more humanities-centric careers—because their verbal skills outshine their already high marks in math.

Crosspost "According to a study published today in the journal PNAS, many girls who do every bit as well as their male peers in mathematics may still decide on more humanities-centric careers—because their verbal skills outshine their already high marks in math." from /r/science:

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