Quite seriously, you have a point, too.

I think the other fellow missed the point where I said that everyone got bit by the various role models we're still somewhat stuck with.

There are few things we can't get past. Men can't have babies, men die younger, and they are bigger and stronger. (each of those except the first on a statistical basis, of course) Women can have babies, the whole set of risks that we can't eliminate (any "intellegent designer" advocate has to explain to me why human reproduction works the way it does. my goodness what a hack) related to having babies, longer life if they survive the babies, lesser upper body strength, generally more endurance per exercise taken, etc.

But, when we talk about things like math, especially more abstracted higher math, I really can't say as I've personally seen a difference, I know about as many really good women mathematicians as I do really good male mathematicians, for instance.

But roles beat in during childhood do continue to both limit and hurt people.