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... Only recently, however, has an attempt been made to find out why girls withdraw from calculus or physics in favor of studying English or art. ... Girls score below boys in mathematics, and much has been made over that fact in recent years. ... The girls were often better at algebra than the boys at age thirteen, but in four years, the boys passed the girls substantially (pg. ... ) Jacoby believes that girls decide to stop taking math and science because they believe such studies are "masculine" subjects and that theyll intimidate the boys they want to date (pg. ... ) She also states girls are intruding on male turf at a time when their sexual confidence, as well as that of the boys, is most fragile (pg. ...
Jacoby clearly states that girls who are enrolled in mathematics or a science may intimidate boys they want to date. ... As Jacoby states, “In adolescence girls begin to fear that they will be unattractive to boys if they are typed as “brains”. ...
It is stated by Jacoby that at the age of 13, girls were relatively better than boys at math, but at the age of 17, the boys did substantially better than the girls (pg.
Approximate Word count = 854
Approximate Pages = 3.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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