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Blog: Taboo (Olivia Choe)

             There is still an ongoing debate on whether males actually exceed in spatial ability than females. This claim has become a taboo for females in STEM. In “Science, Sex, and Good Sense: Why Women Are Underrepresented in Some Areas …

BLOG: Figuring out the maze (Olivia Choe)

 

In chapter seven titled, “Do sex differences in cognition cause the shortage of women in science?” there was a quote by Gustave Le Bon that really stood out to me. He stated, “A woman represents the most inferior form of human evolution …

Blog 5: A “counterstrike” on spatial ability (Olivia Choe)

Have you ever been told that you were not allowed to do something because of your gender? Congratulations to those of you who answered no and to those of you who answered yes, I am sorry for the ignorance of mankind. Sadly, I have been a victim of cog…

Disproving Summer (Blog Chapter 4: Olivia Choe)

To all the ladies reading this blog: Save the energy/time and give up. We will have a better chance in succeeding in something we are actually good at than in something that we are forcing ourselves to believe is true. Instead of bothering to read thes…

Blog 3: Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining (Olivia Choe)

In Is Math a Gift? by Carol S Dwight, she mainly emphasizes on the results of optimistic versus pessimistic thinking. Unlike Valian, Dweck goes more into depth of the effects of entity and incremental thinking. For those of you who may have forgotten, …