Night Gaunt: Because keeping them out of advanced math keeps them out of the high-paying jobs in accounting, science, computer design, and similar jobs. It is like discouraging voting: shrink the pool and the old boy network can continue to rule. A few still manage to sneak through: Ida Lovelace, Maria Mitchell, Marie Curie, and a much larger bunch in the 20th century. Maybe there is more hope in the 21st.
riverhawk about 12 years ago
These guys don’t know how fortunate they are.
hippogriff about 12 years ago
My wife was a paralegal with accounting training; I am poor at math, but can do that math. I know grocery prices because we do that together.
steelersneo about 12 years ago
It’s like Eddie Murphy said, Women rule because “they have half the money and all the p***y”
hippogriff about 12 years ago
Night Gaunt: Because keeping them out of advanced math keeps them out of the high-paying jobs in accounting, science, computer design, and similar jobs. It is like discouraging voting: shrink the pool and the old boy network can continue to rule. A few still manage to sneak through: Ida Lovelace, Maria Mitchell, Marie Curie, and a much larger bunch in the 20th century. Maybe there is more hope in the 21st.