Gifted girls receive the least attention from teachers.
Girls who are gifted in math and science are much less likely than boys to pursue scientific careers. Only 29% of girls want to be scientists versus 52% of boys.
Women constitute over 45% of the workforce, but only 7.6% of the engineers.
Some 94.2% of registered nurses are women while only 17.9% are physicians.
Gifted girls initially have equal scores on achievement tests, but by the time they reach high school, they appear to take less challenging courses.
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