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Gender and Mathematics: Mythology and Misogyny

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Towards Gender Equity in Mathematics Education

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Conclusion

The disadvantages faced by women in mathematics in career access and earning power are not accounted for by cognitive and psycho-social gender differences (Linn & Hyde, 1993). Thus the mythology does not explain the reality. Does the misogyny?

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Gray, M. (1996). Gender and Mathematics: Mythology and Misogyny. In: Hanna, G. (eds) Towards Gender Equity in Mathematics Education. New ICMI Study Series, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47205-8_3

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