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British Paper Says Women Just Can't Do Math

A new survey by a numeracy campaign about basic math skills in British adults has been released, and it reports that one in three women have trouble adding sums mentally, while only 18% of men do. The results of the poll help to underscore the obnoxiousness of the London newspaper the Daily Mail: while the BBC report on the survey attributes the demographic gender split to women's lack of "confidence" in their own quantitative abilities, the Daily Mail takes the opportunity to imply that women are stupid and only need math skills for things like buying shoes. "34 per cent [of women]- said she had trouble adding up prices in her head while out shopping," the paper laments. More »

9:30 AM on Mon Mar 3 2008
By Jessica
2,557 views, 107 comments

Latest by n/a: "in American schools, girls and boys are now equal in their math courses." I was under the impression that girs were doing _better_ than boys in British (ok, English and Welsh) schools in all subjects, including maths. See e.g. [education.guardian.co.uk],,1551646,00.html more »

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A Blast From The Past Brings A Glimmer Of Hope For The Future

Hey, remember Danica McKellar? She was Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years. She graduated summa cum laude from UCLA and coauthored a scientific paper about a theorem in mathematical physics. And now she's written a book, called Math Doesn't Suck. The 32-year-old hopes to show that "being good at math is cool." "When girls see the antics of Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, they think that being fun and glamorous also means being dumb and irresponsible," the 32-year-old says. Uh, we couldn't agree more. To put things in a little more perspective, she and Tara Reid are the same age.
'Wonder Years' Actress: 'Smart Is Cool' [CNN]

3:50 PM on Mon Jul 30 2007
By Dodai
2,993 views, 45 comments

Latest by lanelese: @BiscuitDoughJones: The teddybear--math touching me--I laughed so hard! I have a sad case of dyslexia that wasn't diagnosed until after I failed algebra THREE times. No one could figure out why I could do the steps for quadratic equations perfectly and more »