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[–]eddyelric 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Honestly, mathematics or at least arithmetic is a series of skills one can learn and improve. By placing into gender stereotypes, you create explicit and implicit rules for how men and women are to approach knowledge.

[–]spinningIntelligence[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Indeed. I think we place arbitrary limits on what people can do with these stereotypes. I was just pointing out that the stereotypes don't even make internal sense, let alone when contrasted with the real world.