Tag: sexism

Girls lead boys in academic achievement globally

From the University of Missouri-Columbia media release: Considerable attention has been paid to how boys’ educational achievements in science and math compare to girls’ accomplishments in those areas, often leading to… Read more »

Girls’ verbal skills make them better at arithmetic, study finds

From the Association for Psychological Science media release: While boys generally do better than girls in science and math**, some studies have found that girls do better in arithmetic. A new… Read more »

Women less likely to hold academic medical leadership roles than men with mustaches

From the University of Pennsylvania media release: Thirteen percent of department leader positions at top academic medical institutions in the United States are held by women, while nearly 20 percent are… Read more »