I’m a bit surprised at the amount of press this study is getting, since the results aren’t really anything new. There’ve been various studies showing that women do worse in math if they’re reminded of being women beforehand, of Chinese-American women performing equivalently with men in math if they’re reminded of their Chinese heritage beforehand (Chinese culture expects both men and women to excel at academics) but worse if they’re reminded of their American heritage, et cetera.
I’m a bit surprised at the amount of press this study is getting, since the results aren’t really anything new. There’ve been various studies showing that women do worse in math if they’re reminded of being women beforehand, of Chinese-American women performing equivalently with men in math if they’re reminded of their Chinese heritage beforehand (Chinese culture expects both men and women to excel at academics) but worse if they’re reminded of their American heritage, et cetera.