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.
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.