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Math is Too Masculine, Professor Alleged in Journal Article

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Vanderbilt professor Luis A. Leyva wrote a journal article that criticized the field of mathematics as being too masculine:

Citing the “masculinization of mathematics,” Leyva then suggests that the apparent “gender gap” in mathematical ability is socially constructed (as opposed to arising from inherently different cognitive abilities) and therefore a “myth of male superiority.”

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