Girls perform better academically in almost all countries (2015)
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Re: Girls perform better academically in almost all countries (2015)
#2How is it possible that girls perform better academically (in 2015) yet are under represented in the top tier of jobs? Either women have no interest in money, academic skills have no bearing in getting high paying jobs, or discrimination is more prevalent then you’d think. I suppose all three could be true.
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#4How is it possible that girls perform better academically (in 2015) yet are under represented in the top tier of jobs? Either women have no interest in money, academic skills have no bearing in getting high paying jobs, or discrimination is more prevalent then you’d think. I suppose all three could be true.
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Re: Girls perform better academically in almost all countries (2015)
#5That's right, the women are smarter.
Re: Girls perform better academically in almost all countries (2015)
#6How is it possible that girls perform better academically (in 2015) yet are under represented in the top tier of jobs? Either women have no interest in money, academic skills have no bearing in getting high paying jobs, or discrimination is more prevalent then you’d think. I suppose all three could be true.
Or simply that boys don't take education seriously until 10 years later?
Re: Girls perform better academically in almost all countries (2015)
#7How is it possible that girls perform better academically (in 2015) yet are under represented in the top tier of jobs? Either women have no interest in money, academic skills have no bearing in getting high paying jobs, or discrimination is more prevalent then you’d think. I suppose all three could be true.
Because women naturally list towards jobs that pay less, and under conditions that pay less (part time, contract work, etc).
How many deep sea welders are women? Less than 0.1%. How many oil rig workers are women? Less than 1%.
Good deep sea welders earn over $300k.
Re: Girls perform better academically in almost all countries (2015)
#8How is it possible that girls perform better academically (in 2015) yet are under represented in the top tier of jobs? Either women have no interest in money, academic skills have no bearing in getting high paying jobs, or discrimination is more prevalent then you’d think. I suppose all three could be true.
It's also possible that the distribution is different.
i.e there are more men who are total geniuses at one end and total dumbasses at the other but the average would be the same.
https://qz.com/441905/men-are-both-dumber-and-smarter-than-w...
No idea if it's true though - not my field and not an expert.
Re: Girls perform better academically in almost all countries (2015)
#9How is it possible that girls perform better academically (in 2015) yet are under represented in the top tier of jobs? Either women have no interest in money, academic skills have no bearing in getting high paying jobs, or discrimination is more prevalent then you’d think. I suppose all three could be true.
I think the answer lies in the fact that in countries like Tunisia for example, women represent over 60% of people working in STEM. Why? Because STEM jobs are the highest paying jobs. So from my perspective, the lack of women in STEM in the U.S. is not an issue but a symptom of a strong economy, as in you don't have to decipher someone's spaghetti code for a living, you can pay the bills doing other things that you are more passionate about.
Re: Girls perform better academically in almost all countries (2015)
#10How is it possible that girls perform better academically (in 2015) yet are under represented in the top tier of jobs? Either women have no interest in money, academic skills have no bearing in getting high paying jobs, or discrimination is more prevalent then you’d think. I suppose all three could be true.
Girls get higher grades (perhaps due to higher conscientiousness), but do not do better in standardized tests.