On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:53:25 GMT, nospam{at}nospam.org (Way Back Jack)
wrote:

>Women Lack 'Natural Ability' In Some Fields, Harvard President Says
>Comments Came At Economic Conference
>
>POSTED: 4:06 pm EST January 17, 2005
>UPDATED: 4:19 pm EST January 17, 2005
>
>CAMBRIDGE, Mass -- The president of Harvard University prompted
>criticism for suggesting that innate differences between the sexes
>could help explain why fewer women succeed in science and math
>careers.

http://www.lagriffedulion.f2s.com/women_and_minorities_in_science.htm

WOMEN AND MINORITIES IN SCIENCE
Prospects for women and minority doctoral scientists in
engineering and other math-intensive areas are examined.
A calculation of the ethnic-gender profile of this segment
of the workforce is made for U.S. citizens and permanent
residents. Rank ordering on mathematical reasoning ability
predicts that women will top off at approximately 27 percent
of this market. Similarly, rank ordering predicts almost
99 percent of math-intensive doctoral jobs will go to whites
and Asians of primarily Chinese, Japanese, Korean and South
Asian descent. Asians will continue to be represented in
these fields well beyond their numbers in the general
population. A study of the math-intensive academic
marketplace predicts that women will top off there at
about 22 to 23 percent.
....
Evidence points to a gap between men and women in mathematical
reasoning ability. Men seem to have the edge. Though statistical
in nature, the gap is sufficiently large that most people suspect
it simply from their life experience. Evidence, however, raises
the issue above the level of suspicion. Simply put: On all
standardized exams, including IQ tests, men score higher than
women on mathematical reasoning sections. The effect crosses
all races and cultures. It may be biological or environmental
in origin, but that is another issue. We merely note that all
efforts to erase the math gender gap have failed.


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