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ajackson@ernie.Princeton.EDU (Andrew William Jackson) writes:

>Men are inherently better at math than women are.  Culture is not a force
>unto itself but a reflection of our fundimental nature.

Evidence, please. Also remember that correlation does not imply causation.

Here's some evidence to the contrary (source: _Physics_Today_, August 1992).
Some 45% of the bachelor's degrees in mathematics (excluding accounting and
business math) awarded in the late 1980's were earned by women. Given the
amount of prejudice in this country that "girls can't do math", this figure
is surprisingly high. Those who attempt to study physics or engineering
face even more discrimination (again, see the article in _Physics_Today_).
Remember how this thread got started: a major corporation propagated a
sexual stereotype in a product aimed at young girls.

I have encountered several incompetent male physicists, some of them tenured
profs, in my career. However, I have never encountered an incompetent
female in physics above the freshman level.

Just my $0.02
Eric Lund
ejlund@coos.dartmouth.edu
ejlund@einstein.dartmouth.edu