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From: al885@cleveland.freenet.edu (Gerard Pinzone)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: SAT scores - sexist?
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Date: 12 Apr 91 15:05:40 GMT
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Re: From: turok@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Michael Turok)

>Well, I have observed one thing in my classes: Although not many women
>major in engineering or the sciences, the one that do tend to be in
>the top (or at least top half) of the class.  Women who not do so well
>end up dropping it, while there are plenty of mediocre guys who major
>in this kind of stuff.  Those women who stick with it seem to have to
>combat the negative stereotypes of "but, you are a girl; you can't do
>math", and only those who are really good continue with their studies.

Women who do take a major in the engineering sciences usually are some of
the best students....period. It takes a lot of guts and brains to take up
the challenge, socially and as a study.

What do you mean by mediocre? not everyone can be Albert Einstein. :-)


--
Just on the border of your waking mind, there lies another time, where darkness
and light are one. And as you tread the halls of sanity, you feel so glad to be
unable to go beyond. I have a message from another time.....   - ELO: "Prologue"
from the "Time" album -- Daicon IV Opening Animation    gpinzone@george.poly.edu