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Rachel Lantz

Rachel Lantz: Daughters at a Disadvantage

When I was in elementary school, most of my friends were boys. After school, while my friends were outside playing in the neighborhood down the street I would be at my house doing my homework or reading. My parents were cautious about letting me go any…

Cognitive Differences are a Myth: Rachel Lantz

As a student in the Integrated Quantitative Science program, I have noticed that each of my peers has a certain specialty: biology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, or computer science. When one of us struggles to understand a certain subject, there is…

Men in Space: Rachel Lantz

In Nora S. Newcombe’s essay, “Taking Science Seriously: Straight Thinking about Spatial Sex Differences,” she recognizes the misconceptions surrounding the idea that men have superior spatial abilities compared to women. Growing up, I was a stron…

Like a Girl

In “Sex, Math, and Science,” Elizabeth Spelke and Ariel Grace claim that there are no differences between the mathematical abilities of men and women; however, there are gender schemas that discourage women from joining the field. When I was a chi…

Gift of Knowledge Discourages Women from Learning

According to Carol Dweck in “Is Math a Gift?: Beliefs that Put Females at Risk,” there are two types of students: those who think that their academic skills and others who believe they can learn and grow in academics. When I was in elementary scho…