Why Are There so Few Female Mathematicians?
by Kevin Baldeosingh
Diane F. Halpern, probably the world’s second-leading researcher in cognitive sex differences, notes that on the SATs twice as many boys as girls score 500 or above on the math portion, and there are 13 times as many boys with scores of at least 700. She explains why.
THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES SAW THE EMERGENCE OF SEVERAL EMINENT FEMALE MATHEMATICIANS IN EUROPE. YET MATHEMATICS TODAY REMAINS A LARGELY MALE FIELD. |