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Do all white people have white privilege? Why?

Q: Why do all white people have white privilege, even though not all white people are well-off? A: White privilege is different from having money, and white privilege is different from class privilege....

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Black math teacher can’t do math, according to racist cartoon

A racist cartoon titled “Afrocentric Algebra” showing a black man saying “S’up, dog?” and teaching incorrect math was published by Canada’s Globe & Mail, in response to the decision to open up an...

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Gender difference in math ability variability driven by social inequality,...

Gender gap in maths driven by social factors, not biological differences (Not Exactly Rocket Science): Since 1894, some scientists have suggested that men have a greater variability in intellectual...

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Biology and math do not explain why there are few women in computer science.

Slideshow by Terri Oda: Click on the play button to advance to the next slide. (via Geek Feminism)

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Environmental and social barriers restrict women in science, tech,...

Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (PDF) is a new, publicly-accessible research report by AAUW that “presents in-depth yet accessible profiles of eight key research...

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Discussing sexism in geek communities is more important than discussing...

Some female geeks use the discourse of increasing female representation in science, technology, engineering, and math (the “STEM” fields) as a proxy for addressing sexism in geek communities. Because...

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Howto: Stop Worrying About Female Brain Hard-Wiring and Get Smarter

This post was originally published at Geek Feminism. This Ask a Geek Feminist question is about stereotype threat: What can I do when stereotype threat is playing games with my head? To give an...

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Can you spot the female geek?

I have been a geek for most of my life. However, my geek identity is rarely recognized in meatspace interactions, probably because I am female. You would expect that people’s assumptions about the...

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Myths about Girls, Math, and Science

Top 5 Myths About Girls, Math and Science (LiveScience 2007): Myth 1: From the time they start school, most girls are less interested in science than boys are. Reality: In elementary school about as...

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This is an example of sexism in tech recruitment.

This is an example of unconscious sexism in tech recruitment that assumes that women are bad with math and computers. The yellow sticky note says, “My mom has a PhD in math”. I am not a mother, but if...

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Across the calculus sections, women outperformed men on grades.

Several recent studies have suggested that the gender gap in STEM fields is caused not by bias, but simply by different choices made by men and women. What the new research shows, Dasgupta said, is...

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Misogynist activist at the University of Waterloo hates scientist Marie Curie...

In The Fourteen Not Forgotten and Sexist Posters at Waterloo, Christine Cheng discusses a misogynist activist at the University of Waterloo who put up fourteen posters last month (February 2011)...

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