Originally Posted by Bostonian
Aversion to math plays a role too: a University of Bristol study finds that biologists tend not to pay attention to scholarly articles in their field that are packed with mathematical equations.

LOL. I saw this time and time again when I pre-reviewed bio papers and PHD theses. Back then most of the authors were male.

Originally Posted by Bostonian
Yet the Obama administration sticks closely to the hard-line feminist argument that the problem is bias: women are somehow being denied access to STEM courses. On June 20 the White House announced that it would issue guidelines expanding the scope of Title IX to cover science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

This will lead to colleges being disintermediated by private merit-based assessment teaching and increase colleges' irrelevance in society. IMHO this is a good thing in the long run.