The mathematics of sex how biology and society conspire to limit talented women and girls /
"Nearly half of all physicians and biologists are females, as are the majority of new psychologists, veterinarians, and dentists, suggesting that women have achieved equality with men in the workforce. But the ranks of professionals in math-intensive careers remain lopsidedly male; up to 93% of...
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Oxford University Press,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- A multidimensional problem
- Opening arguments: environment
- Opening arguments: biology
- Challenges to the environmental position
- Challenges to the biological position
- Background and trend data
- Comparisons across societies, cultures, and developmental stages
- Conclusions and synthesis
- What next? Research and policy recommendations.