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My daughter's school had an initiative to get boys' literacy up to girls by including more non-fiction books in library after studies showed boys to have more interest in them. The books were there for everyone so no discrimination but boys were the targetted beneficiaries.
I get that. I'm fully supportive of increasing the range of books to suit interests of sexes. Its a good idea. But something about this doesn't seem right. Will it even bridge the gap? Is the gap even a problem?
If it doesn't bridge or reduce the gap, the hypothesis that it is partly caused by women working less well under pressure has not held up. The gap would be a problem if it were caused by exams revealing more about who can work well under pressure than who can do maths.
I would be interested to see what it does. Though I would rather see accommodations made to improve working under pressure. As I would like to see accommodations made to improve literacy or coursework. But I'll cave and be interested in seeing the results of said experiment.
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