Jeni's Musings

Here’s an interesting link (summary, the paper is not freely available):

http://www.iee.org/OnComms/Circuit/benefits/Editorials/Features/girl_geeks.cfm

I quote:

“The principle of being free to pursue your preferences is compatible and co-exists quite comfortably with a belief in essential gender differences. This essentialist notion, which helps to create what it seeks to explain, affects girls’ views of what they’re good at and can shape what they like,”