Quartz – John Pavlus
“In many countries around the world, girls still perform more poorly on mathematics tests than boys. Some researchers have argued that this gender gap is biological in nature: as then–Harvard University President Larry Summers famously put it in 2005, “there are issues of intrinsic aptitude” underlying women’s underrepresentation in math-heavy fields such as science and engineering. But in recent years, most economists have come to accept a different explanation.” (more)</p