Girls around the world are not worse at math than boys, even though boys are more confident in their math abilities, and girls from countries where gender equity is more prevalent are more likely to perform better on mathematics assessment tests, according to a new analysis of international research. “Stereotypes about female inferiority in mathematics […]
education, Psychology
The argument that men and women are more alike than different has been supported by expert consensus among those who study personality differences between the sexes. Most notably, a 2005 study by Janet Shibley Hyde, professor of psychology and women’s studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who reported that men and women were actually […]
gender, Psychology
