[Bratch]

[mrsmith]

It’s genetics.
Women are genetically wired to enjoy watching men struggle with science instead of doing it themselves.

Some of them are so strongly wired that they go into the field so they can watch lots of men struggle with science.

[ClearCase_guy]

Not to be a wet blanket, but The Big Bang Theory is a classic example of how science IS NOT done in the real world. Four nerdy guys hang out together and engage in endless hobbies and banter -- and oh by the way they all have PhDs (well, not Howard) and achieve great things ... because science is just kind of like that. It doesn't take hard work. No, no. Just be born brilliant and nerdy. And if you are not born brilliant and nerdy and if great scientific accomplishments don't just happen to you ... then maybe you should just major in journalism or gender studies.

[exDemMom]

She saw her math and science classes dominated by boys. The notion that math and science were subjects for boys was ever-present and reinforced.

She must have been conditioned from a young age to think that math and science are "boy" subjects.

I was always top of my class in math and science. The idea that I should hold back because I'm female never occurred to me. Many of my math and science classes were taught by women--just as many of the "soft" classes were taught by men.

It takes a certain kind of person to go into science. If someone is the kind of person who complains about some gender inequality in science, I would question whether that person has the aptitude/personality to be a scientist.

And yeah, I'm a woman and I have a hard science PhD.

[AppyPappy]

A tiara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i_WpYc3YI4

[Hildy]

She's also an Orthodox Jew.
Being Orthodox in Hollywood

[Monitor]

My mother was valedictorian of her high school. Straight ‘A’s all four years.

She went on to college and double majored in math and English (I know, seems an odd pair to me, too). Again, straight ‘A’s.

At one point in her career, she worked for A-C Spark Plug in Oak Creek, WI. They were a sub-contractor to NASA, and were working on guidance hardware and software. My mother’s job was to double-check the results of the guidance computer, using paper, pencil, and a slide rule.

With mom’s help, I breezed through every advanced math course offered through high school. I don’t accept that woman have intellectual limits that men don’t also.

FWIW, I went on to get a degree in Computer Science and Engineering.

Smart women rock.

[nvscanman]

The average male compared to the average female IS better at math/science/engineering material. Male brains are wired
in a fashion that makes them better at this than females.
Just as the average female compared to the average male tends to do better in verbal skills. Are there exceptions?
Yes, quite a few in fact but that does not change fundamental biology. Males are better than females at many
things, females are better than man at other things. That’s
life and all the hand wringing, denial and hysteria about it not being fair or not being true is irrelevant....because noise does not change truth.

[bmwcyle]