Tuesday 30 August 2011

Women not good at math? Blame nurture, not nature: study

Girls are good at languages, boys are best at math.

At least, that’s what academics such as former Harvard president Lawrence Summers would have us believe – not to mention the infamous talking Barbie (“Math class is tough!”) reprogrammed by Mattel after public outcry over the phrase.

But a new study of tribes in rural India suggests that nurture, not nature, accounts for the gender math gap, Time.com reports.

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