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Originally Posted by Ken G
As long as that is the case, and as long as cultural influences continue to be so obvious, and as long as the reduction of those cultural pressures results in a trend toward equalizing men's and women's math scores, I'd say it's a complete no-brainer that the hypothesis that women are innately and genetically caused to be less adept in math, either on the average or at the top end, is as completely unsubstantiated as the hypothesis that UFOs have been conducting experiments on farmers. That's pretty much all I've been saying.
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But it's well known that that UFO's are conducting experiments on farmers!!!
Therefore we have no choice but to conclude that men are better at math than women!!
Ken G. I don't agree with some of the ideas you have presented here on BAUT, but I think this is the best summation of the the evidence presented here so far. As a woman I have spent a good deal of my short life being treated as if being a woman in and of itself makes me less skilled at certain tasks. I have been well schooled in what is expected of me if I am to fulfill my feminine gender role. As a result, I am in complete agreement with you in the belief that culture and expected gender-roles are the basic influence on any differences that may, or may not, actually be measured.