\Cultural or environmental factors, not intellect, are what really limit women’s math achievements.
“The problem with Larry Summers hypothesizing that there aren’t many women with intrinsic aptitude to excel at this very high level is … it’s not that they don’t have this level of intrinsic aptitude; it’s that in many countries women that have this intrinsic aptitude aren’t nurtured,” said Janet Mertz, an author of the study and a professor of oncology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
OK so it’s probably the same with anything else like snowboarding, skateboarding or surfing and entrepreneurship. In addition to that female culture is rooted in consensus and very effective at destroying remarkable women.
So now you know. And knowing’s half the battle.
