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Re:Boys lag behind: How teachers’ gender biases affect stude... by edmundsauto on Sunday October 04, 2020 @01:05PM (#24680506)
Except we use statistic about the gender makeup of a field to determine if there is sexism. Which is flawed, but often feels rational.
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Re:Boys lag behind: How teachers’ gender biases affect stude... by flashyfaffe2 on Sunday October 04, 2020 @01:48PM (#24680826)
I can't find the article describing it but the gender bias tends to be disregarded when you add one additional parameter: place of birth.

In third world countries, women reprensent 50% of the students in engineering classes ( for reasons that are easily understandable).

Actually, the bias observed applyies in countries where freedom of choice is given to everyone.

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