Why Are Women Bad at Math?

This week, we explore what's behind our perception that women are bad at math and science, and why we continue to buy into the myth of the male genius.
Edited by: Neha Shekhawat
Presented by: Anahita Sachdev
Research: Anamika Sudhakar, Dhruvi Chhajer
Produced by: Shrishti Malhotra
Creative Supervisor: Karla Bookman
Sources:
-0.59 to 1.16 -- Hargreaves, Melanie, Matt Homer, and Bronwen Swinnerton. "A comparison of performance and attitudes in mathematics amongst the ‘gifted’. Are boys better at mathematics or do they just think they are?." Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice 15, no. 1 (2008): 19-38.
-1.31 to 1.44 -- Elmore, Kristen C., and Myra Luna-Lucero. "Light bulbs or seeds? How metaphors for ideas influence judgments about genius." Social Psychological and Personality Science 8, no. 2 (2017): 200-208.
Want to learn more about the research in this video? Check out these readings:
-Schiebinger, Londa. "Women in science: historical perspectives." In Women at work: A meeting on the status of women in astronomy, p. 11. 1993
-Gunderson, Elizabeth A., Gerardo Ramirez, Susan C. Levine, and Sian L. Beilock. "The role of parents and teachers in the development of gender-related math attitudes." Sex roles 66, no. 3 (2012): 153-166.
-Montuori, Alfonso, and Ronald E. Purser. "Deconstructing the lone genius myth: Toward a contextual view of creativity." Journal of Humanistic psychology 35, no. 3 (1995): 69-112.
-Hasan, Sema. "Women of the Scientific Revolution: The Forgotten Scholars." (2013).
-Abir-Am, Pnina Geraldine. "Gender and technoscience: A historical perspective." Journal of technology management & innovation 5, no. 1 (2010): 152-165.
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[@pigeonparrot4630]

The worst part is actually when people judge your entire intellect on how well you do on Maths or Science.

[@mahikaaaa14]

So true!!

[@Learner5406]

Truth

[@haechanradioenthusiast9015]

This.

[@rajdeepnaha1242]

But that's how it should be right

[@evamkaushik5392]

Not even math, just arithmetic and that too just addition or multiplication. 'Oh you love math? What's 835283 x 1173947 + 81542940026?' But when you ask them "Hey, I was studying about polar curves and I plotted Rose curves in python. Do you wanna see?" they call you a nerd.

[@anupamaMall]

Shakuntala Devi be like: Kuch bhi! 😊 Edit: Its just a light hearted joke and isn't meant to be taken seriously.

[@dollysingh007]

Are poora video to dekho. Data set ki baat ho rahi hai outliers ki nahi 🥲

[@nipunbharadwaj7994]

Shakuntala was just good at calculation which is very little part of maths rest she may not be good cause she didn't studied that

[@combinatorics1224]

research has shown that men excel more in pure maths like calculus, quantum algebra, trigonometry,topology,geometrical and functional operators and higher concepts .... while women excel more in applied maths like computer science,programming,data science , statastics astronomic and astrophysical calculation and other higher concepts.... may be this happens due to some biological difference ...I don't know ... I am weak in biology. But yes maths is my strong 💪 base ....I have also won IMO SOF 1st position in school, district and made rank 9th in zone( wb , assam and NE combined) SEE this is not show off ...I am just being honest....I find maths and physics as my power zone while chemistry and biology are my weak zone. As a man I think sex is regardless of being good in maths. We have the most excellent theoretical mathematician Maryam Mrzakhani from Iran who won fields medal 🥇 which is highest honour given to a mathematician from INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION and maths department of Harvard and stanford university.

[@anupamaMall]

@@dollysingh007 Why are you taking it so seriously? I just made a light hearted joke.

[@combinatorics1224]

@Veda Mall ...see doing fast calculation does not mean one is good at maths... mathematics is about logical assertion ....it is language of God.... it is the ultimate truth .... you can name Mariam Mirzakhani from Iran, Toshiko Yamamoto from japan, Ada watson from uk who have contributed to real maths

[@anahita_sachdev]

Exactly! And the reverse is also true, where gender stereotypes prevent men from expressing interest in humanities subjects, since "yeh toh ladkiyon walley subjects hain."

[@imightbeme4093]

Right!!

[@anushkaparashar4658]

OMG so true

[@umajahnavi3482]

@sudarshana chakra 3.0 it is not true that credit goes to Watson and Crick. It is just that credit is given to them (by us all). Do you think only JJ Thomason should be credited for periodic table solely?? No right we should admit that we couldn't give Rosalind Franklin the credit we would give if she was a male scientist like bhor.

[@Feministt]

@sudarshana chakra 3.0 the data they had was rosalind franklin's

[@mohinipal7489]

Right

[@meenakshisl7085]

Me having studied in a girls school all my life and not knowing the stereotype existed😂

[@cristinewithnoh840]

@Brutal Baba it's not the only reason yea but if you keep telling someone they aren't good enough in this field they are gonna get insecure and accept it

[@nithi9638]

@Brutal Baba wow, lack of empathy really astounding here...

[@nithi9638]

Ikr! I went to an all girls school devoid of men and every year the girls do better in math than the boys division!

[@KavitaYadav-tk5lg]

I have studied in co-ed and still haven't heard of this stereotype

[@kdjoshi726]

Same lol

[@Hope-zr8uh]

Look i think we need to normalise both the sides of women excelling at maths and women bad at maths. No woman should be ashamed for not doing good at maths and also women who are good at maths should be given equal respect and opportunities in the field of maths just like their male counterparts

[@aasthaanjaria3306]

as someone who has dyscalculia (an arithmatic based learning disability) this comment is everything.

[@rhea89]

Exactly

[@zakiarehman5863]

It's so true that if you aren't good at maths or something related to technical aspects people assume you dumb and all . It should really change now..

[@iamthatakhil]

Fair enough. I've seen some girls who aren't good at Math, but I've seen many guys as well. Hell many boys take Biology and Medicine as careers just because they can't get Math done (I'm one of them). It's just some stereotypes were created and we can start acknowledging the contraries as well.

[@eshaleemadgavkar]

I have read in The Naughtiest Girl In the School that the protagonist, Elizabeth, was quick at arithmetic.

[@ManishKumar-ij2ph]

Who said that women are bad at maths ..... My sister gets 99/100 in every Maths exam .....It's all about interest and practice .

[@corruptez_]

Women aren't bad at Maths. Society just made this stereotype.

[@corruptez_]

@worship patriarchy Because women don't ge tthe opportunity to perform STEM?

[@corruptez_]

@Mansa Chaturvedi. I do know that, but that still doesn't mean that they're bad at it. I have no interest in Maths whatsoever, but I'm not bad at it. Maths is something we use on a regular purpose, and saying that a woman can not perform it properly is messed up.

[@methcat5005]

this stereotype is like saying men can't do fashion/designer courses

[@nicotinedealer7653]

@Mansa Chaturvedi. drop out buddy, since you're naturally inclined. Sincerely, a computer science and physics major student.

[@juliachowdhury6223]

yes i have always been treated as the stereo girl who loves math AF edit: 402 likes? uhh i am dreaming ig

[@tani6071]

@@JashanpreetSingh-mw5hr yah true that our brains don't work ghe same way and it holds true for everyone that they are necessarily going to get jobs in fields that require high level math right?

[@kshitisedits950]

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[@oopsneha]

@@JashanpreetSingh-mw5hr u implying that men are naturally good?? You would now say that there are exceptions both in men and women cases but my point here is, why imply these stereotypes of men being good at something, and women not or vice versa.. just let people do what they want and not frowning upon what our ancestors decided which infact is not true in today's date. ~a girl in math majors

[@NB-qw2wl]

@@JashanpreetSingh-mw5hr and why this "data" looks how it does is what the video is all about.

[@ashapatel5047]

@@JashanpreetSingh-mw5hr dude just to clear the debate out yes men are good at maths and are always enrolled in such activities from childhood rather give are expected to cook and do house hold chores. You can't expect girl to be good at math with ought parctinec neither a boy at chores. Women were never given equal opportunity and hence proved that it is not that men are better they never were it's an equal of Mother Nature that was never balanced leading to disasters like Mahabharata. So yeah shut up

[@jusrme4265]

I did maths for 14 whole years and I can proudly say I am horrible at it.🙂

[@eternalmeliorist]

Give me a hug 🤗

[@sminz8017]

Same

[@beingamazing7297]

Same here

[@adityakhanna113]

Why exactly would you be proud of it? Or is that a joke

[@athiramanoj144]

I am worse

[@pragmatic_p8]

So sad to hear this kind of stereotypes....I myself Maths Lover and I got Gold Medal in one of Maths Olympiad and I love to do Data Science and Stasticts!! Stop this stereotypes...and judging girls in every aspect of their lives...Shakuntala Devi ji has broken all those stereotypes long back only..great woman

[@akshitagupta7904]

You go girl! We need more girls like you!! 🤗

[@pragmatic_p8]

@@akshitagupta7904 Thank you So Much!!😊

[@akshitagupta7904]

@Brutal Baba no no.. they are trying to say that women are afraid to participate in STEM subjects because of the the societal judging and stereotyping.. but that's not the reason they "fail in maths".. today we have great women minds in every scientific field..

[@anshagrawal6289]

@@akshitagupta7904 Why do they feel discouraged from entering such highly specialised and respected, nice paying fields?

[@akshitagupta7904]

@@anshagrawal6289 I think you should rewatch the video for the answer.

[@kousikkumargiri4321]

I wonder what even lead to all these "gender stereotypes"....?

[@AdityaAnand-oy3nc]

Probably the fact that women since the beginning of medieval era, were handed responsibilities of bearing kids and home and where men were mostly sent on voyages to study abroad. It was a hard time but many women flourished then too I'm just a little mad too but I can be wrong as well so I don't know...?

[@kousikkumargiri4321]

@@AdityaAnand-oy3nc Yeah... I just find all these so unclear..... everything's like "I dont really know but so and so might lead to it"

[@niaverma3546]

@@kousikkumargiri4321 she literally explained everything in the video. women have been looked to as home makers and never have been truly considered to be serious STEM instruments. we can never know what exactly went down, nobody really does. most history is speculation. and in this case, the explanation is pretty spot on. women have been treated as resources throughout the years which has lead to all this.

[@AdityaAnand-oy3nc]

@@kousikkumargiri4321 yes I agree

[@kousikkumargiri4321]

@@niaverma3546 But I wonder "why were women treated as resources?" What lead to these kind of "speculations" and "thoughts"...? Some series of events maybe...?

[@sanasayed5793]

Shakuntala devi - India's first mathematician who named as a "human computer" is a women and my inspiration too😌❤. Then there's no logic in the statement that "women r bad at math", the joke is on the people who say that😂

[@adhithyanal908]

No one says that

[@tay-by1nl]

Can you name 10 Indian women popular scientists without googling? Can you name 10 Indian men scientists now? Which one was more difficult? There isn't enough representation of women in sciences. For one Shakuntala Devi, there are tens of Homi Bhabhas and Ramanujans out there. Thats the whole point of the video.

[@hashilmuhammed182]

If you think math is just about doing fast calculations... Then you dont know anything about math

[@sanasayed5793]

@@hashilmuhammed182 she doesn't know only fast calculations for ur kind information, she was a math genius that's why she got so much recognition and got the title of "human computer" and not only math, she was a writer as well. First go and research about shakuntala devi mam then say anything about her, loosers like you just want to talk shit, khud ne to kuch ukhada nhi hai aur dusro ko criticize krne kese aajate hai pta nhi.

[@hashilmuhammed182]

@@sanasayed5793 I didnt mean to disrespect her but she didnt contribute much to the mathematical field. She never published any papers nor did come up with any theories. Nevertheless she was a successful person and have achieved so many things that i can only dream of. My point is that mathematics isnt about calculations.. Its all about logic and reasoning... Many great mathematicians would hate calculating large numbers. Thats why we have computers and calculators

[@littlecreations6859]

*THIS VIDEO WAS JUST MADE FOR ME...I WASN'T EVEN BORN FOR MATHS SISTER....IMMA BURN MA MATH TEXTBOOKS AFTER THE SESSION ENDS* Edit: thanks for the likes! And btw I already know I'm a mood...duh!

[@bhum1ika]

Mood

[@AdityaAnand-oy3nc]

Yes

[@bhavyjyotisharma3642]

Haha I had these kind of thoughts till 10th though I got freedom years ago but the rage against maths is still in my mind. I can understand it's such a big stress for ppl like us 😔

[@anushkaparashar4658]

Girl you seem like my soul Buddy

[@AK_9791]

True

[@rainrain225]

I don't know. My mom is a maths teacher. My sister is maths lecturer. I am PhD in maths. ☺️

[@lavendersky8917]

So it runs in the family.🙂

[@rainrain225]

@@adityakale3052 thanks for the dark compliment Hope your mother can.

[@cauliflowerhead2735]

Good on you!

[@sarthakkumarbehera1015]

@@adityakale3052 bhai bhai 🤣🤣

[@lalassss177]

Good for u

[@technicaltreasures7297]

I'm a 39 year old female software developer in California, I was told repeatedly that I can't do math and drive a car during my childhood in delhi. I now eat numbers and code for breakfast and lunch everyday.

[@jakayyyyyy6151]

Proud of you. 🤩 😍 and that last sentence made me laugh of eating codes and numbers for breakfast and dinner 😂

[@technicaltreasures7297]

@@jakayyyyyy6151 😄 thanks dear.

[@technicaltreasures7297]

@worship patriarchy not in my part of the world.. you will be disappointed! Plenty of unskilled coders ,mostly guys from Hyderabad, India with fake resume get fired by the 3rd week of joining.. you can't hide mediocrity I guess!!

[@technicaltreasures7297]

@@reubenphilip7385 I work with a tool called Informatica powercenter ,sql and Unix to build etl pipelines to move company data, if you Google it you will get tons of information on scope, salary and companies using it, good luck!

[@technicaltreasures7297]

@worship patriarchy I don't care about what you want to accept, that's your problem not mine to find who is where in their profession, your comment and username stinks of your hatred for women so it's below me to hold a conversation with bigots like you.

[@Wingless_DraGon-hex]

My mom can trade in stock market but dad can't calculate how much monthly budget we should have 😥

[@dontwastetimeyouarelosingr8172]

Don't believe on these sterotypes

[@lavendersky8917]

In fact there are multiple factors that contribute to various skills. It’s better avoid stereotyping. Practice also make people perfect. Most of the homemakers and ladies working as domestic help are extremely good at mental math.

[@Egg-wt1pk]

When people say males are better at maths they are mostly talking about advance maths there is no gender difference in basic arthematic if your dad doesn't able to do that its means he doesn't like calculations

[@212letliveonearth]

@@Egg-wt1pk that does not depend on gender but rather practice . with time women taking more advance classes . there is no gene for maths , its a subject and can be practised . your so called difference is well experimented and documented . this is not 1800s , where women were not given a chance to education and were than said to be mentally incapable . today research in differences has answers for all these , and its not biology but a more complex social environment we born in , as brain is famous for being plastic and is unisex [ no two brain , being of same or opposite gender are the same , so gendering brain is difficult and typical brains are rare ], the more you train it particularly , the more it thrives that way . and again your interest also matters. just like you said , his father does not like calculations . it can be because he is not interested himself , he had assumed he is bad at it , or he had believed its out of his reigns . all of this goes under lack of confidence or interest

[@aparnakp969]

I'm an engineering student. Once a teacher asked a question generally to the class and I answered it. She looked towards the boys and told them to say as if she didn't hear it from a girl. A guy just told what exactly I told and she started appreciating him. I was so done. I still don't understand what the hell that was! I'm really good at academics especially math and some College teachers were very surprised.

[@nr6640]

my experience is on the contrary. my teachers would always appreciate girls even if answer not not up to the mark. and he would always depreciate boys even if they were right 100%. seems like your teacher is nutcase.

[@Anshuman-xi4gf]

To iska matlab ye samjhun ki mardon ko maths se nhi aata average XX chromosome check kar Lena unki gender actual mein. Kya the Maths is a masculine thing

[@scientist169]

I'm a woman an I aspire to a scientist. I really love science, its my life. And I'll grab it soon!!

[@supr33]

That's great, I'm cheering you on! 😊 I'm just starting my career as a scientist now too!

[@Bharatiya12321]

@@supr33 can you tell me the process of becoming a scientist ? Also are you going to work in India or abroad ? What is feild ? Please help me ,your experience will help me a lot ,coz I too wanna become scientist (biology) coz I love my feild that's why . Please give some suggestions ,also tell me about your journey.

[@supr33]

@@Bharatiya12321 Hey so I'm not so sure about how things work in India, it also depends on what point you're at in your journey and what kind of scientific career you want (academic, industry, government). I'm from the UK so I got my bachelor's degree in biology, then a masters and recently my PhD (but in computer science). That's generally the route you would follow if you want to work as a research scientist, but can you join a PhD program straight after your bachelor's degree as well. I'm currently an academic researcher in my uni department but I'm also looking up companies I might be interested in working for as a computational biologist. Or if you're still in school/college, my advice would just be to figure out your interests 😊 hope that's helpful?

[@Bharatiya12321]

@@supr33 I love doing experiments and practical but the thing is ky parents ain't happy with this , they are manipulating me to go for a government job like administration jobs 😐 they are creating burden of government job, financial stability, marriage also

[@Bharatiya12321]

@@supr33 I want to tell you about myself ( I wrote this in previous videos too so that I could get some good suggestions ) I need more help from you ❤️😞 and so for this I am copying pasting my previous comment mam, so my comment starts from here .. Off topic - I am a Biology student recently I have completed my B.sc (life science) financial problems, social problems, freedom problem, independency problem, ye sab tackle karna hai family se burden aa raha hai job k liye esa nhi hai ki mujhe job nhi karni hai bilkul se karni hai because through that at least i can live my life freely for few years (q ki fir arrange marriage karwa di jaygi agar 2 saal k andar achchi stable job nhi ki to 😟😞 jisse bhit darr lagta hai. Q ki dusri family neecha dikhaygi , wo ajnabi ladka dominate karega , pehli he raat me pata chla zabardasti .... I hope you all got this 😞) I want to do something for my parents I know ki I don't have any kind of freedom dur to some past mistakes and my parents mentality ,and even my brother is not supportive for me , he just says ki gharwalo jo bolenge wo karogi 😭 guys I am too much frustrated I live bio feild I want to do research work , like human health issues , but my parents said ki usmr pesa bhot kam hai working time bhot zyada , or safety nhi hai , respect nhi hai, power nhi hai . My parents are emotionally blackmailing me to give competitive exams like psc ,bank jobs etc I said lakhs of aspirants are rushing towards ias ips falana dikhana, but they always say that ki bachche apne maa baap ko bewakuf samjhte hai,maa baap ki nhi sunte 😭 These words are killing me from deep inside 😭 I am not crying but my soul my heart is crying, they said ki safety nhi hai ladkiyo k liye ( lekin wo kisi ajnabi k yaha bhejne ko ready hai jo pese or sex ks bhuka ho 😭) I told him ki I know safety nhi hai lekin usse ladna padega self defence ki classes jion kar lungi bas I need freedom guys I am dying from inside even if I close the door of a room they will shout at me ki darwaza q band kar dia gharwale dushman hai kya esa wesa , guys I am facing partiality in my own home , bhai k liye supportive hai but mere liye nhi 😞 bhai abhi job nhi karte ghar me financial problems bhot zyada hai , recently I have recovered from corona usme 3 lakhs chale gaye , previous year papa ki beemari ke 6 lakhs chale gaye, there not even a single sourc of income except my father's salary ( it's just 45,000 ) jisme se pura kharcha chla jaata hai , karj le le k padha rahe hai papa . 😭 Guys please help me aap logo ka suggestion mujhe new life dega ek tarah se , please tell me ki biology me esa konsa job hai jiski starting salary min 45-55,000 ho I know amount zyada hai but , ghar ki zarurat hai, parents k welfare k liye or khudke liye peso ki zarurat hai bhot zyada 🙏. I told him for net exam but he said that he's not happy with my decision ( pursuing m.sc ) he's said psc ki taiyari karo administrative jobs me pesa hai power hai ,I know unko mere se zyada pata hai dunia ka or wo bole ki kuch esa karo jisme risk ho thoda ( according to him proffesor job isn't risky ) but I love this job I know hard work is there or har jagah risk hai in fact reaseach feild me to or risk it's not like a government job jaha security ho ,time se salary mile . Guys please help me please please kuch batao mujhe please 😭🙏. Bank jobs ,lic jobs sab k piche laakho log hai mera intrest khudko represent karne me hai , education feild kuch improvement karna hai, medical , biology feild ko aaage badhana hai , logo ko batana ki biology is also necessary it's too important as maths , I can teach students biology in an easy way . I love doing experiment and practical ,I love to spend my whole day in a lab doing experiments ❤️. Please guys please kuch batao ki biology feild me kya job hai jo thodi satisfaction wali salary ho please 🙏( I would love to tell you all about my college life ,the city where I live is a very backward city I mean the education system is very disgusting children spoiled there 3 years of life due to this the knowledge which I had in 12th ,I forgot that too because yaha pe class's nhi lagti thi bilkul cheating ho k pass hote hai students professor sab lazy hai classes attend nhi karte the family bhar bhejne ko ready nhi thi or financially bhot halat khraab hai , mentally torture ho rahi hu koi freedom nhi hai koi azaadi nhi hai har cheez me taang adai jaati hai , apne dosto k sath kahi nhi ghumi aajtak nhi jaane dete , yaha tak ki aone ghar k paas chowrahe me nhi jaane dete .. 😭 ghar me reh reh k dum ghut raha hai bhot bura bas unki nazro k saame raho 24×7 😭 unke hisab se jio or maro bhi , Tuition k liye 2 saal se try kia lekin koi nhi mila pdhne ko logo ko 1000 rs per month bhi bhot zyada lagta hai 11th 12th ki biology k liye or wese khoob kharcha karte hai , part time job k liye try kia online kuch fraud nikle or kuch coding wagera or buisness se related he dekh rahe hai ,but I am a Biology student mujhe bio feild me he kuch karna hai,guys raat raat bhar neend nhi ati ye soch ki life esai khtam ho jaygi kya 😞 esai darte hue rote hue ghut ghut k jeete hue I need love ,I need freedom I want to set an example for people (specially for girl's) ki apki life hai failures honge lekin jisse pyaar hai uske sath jio ❤️ Guys bhot zyada pareshaan hu please help karo please 🙏🙏🙏🙏😭😭.

[@scientist169]

Math is my life. I just love solving it. And I'm a girl.

[@saumilichakraborty5357]

Same..solving tricky math questions make me happy...whenever I feel low, I do maths♥️

[@jester.364]

yeah..I am a guy but even I love maths...specially solving some challenging trigonometry based questions❤

[@lavendersky8917]

Nothing much matters, As long as one is happy. 👍

[@Mathaddagroup]

Oo. ❤❤❤

[@laurajade76]

yeah, girls are perfectly as good as math as boys

[@veenagarad4911]

I got offended by title,,, but after watching video im k!!!!!! But i still think it should be"ARE WOMENS REALLY BAD AT MATHS"

[@kimaya3158]

the videos in this series playlist are all named the same way, they take a simple topic and title and 'overthink' it. thats the series called, overthinking simple stereotypes.

[@d3bki278]

This gets more views

[@chitramurugan3150]

Exactly I felt the same . Iam a women I am really good at maths .

[@Learner5406]

I agree with you...I love maths and am really good at it.

[@swethaasokan5477]

@@chitramurugan3150 yes we are good at maths but i think what they are trying to say is enough women don't become scientists or don't get to high positions as often as men do....

[@idontcare495]

This is so true. I have my extended family members telling (for generations ) every girl in the family to take commerce because that will be easier to pursue. I am the only girl in my huge extended family who took science and currently finishing my doctorate degree from an IIT.

[@cauliflowerhead2735]

Good on you, Megha!

[@user-go9kw6wf4m]

Yeah forcing girls to opt commerce and medicine is common

[@khushbaldwa4775]

Exactly!!!! I know so many females who love maths, and I being a guy hate it. This also leads to people forcing their male children into STEM subjects. We really need to change this stereotype.

[@mimis.5139]

Liking or disliking a subject isn't included in gender ... it depends which part of ur brain is more active... i understand ur prob bro...

[@7m4sushmitakalla65]

@@mimis.5139 yeah

[@deayyea]

I have never faced this "girls aren't good at maths/STEM" thing (what I have faced is stereotyping girls in gaming but I'm not gonna expand on that), infact in my surroundings, girls are always expected to be just as good and they usually are. None of the boys who are actually good at maths say stuff like these (usually they are the most respectful ones), if any ever do (rarely), its always the ones that are not that good. Tbh, they don't have much room to say this anyways since in our class, math is dominated by 6 people, 3 boys and 3 girls, theres always neck to neck compitition. Plus, when it comes to raw talent, my mother is a living, breathing idol of mine. I swear she is a genius. She hasn't been involved in learning for about 20 ish years now and takes 10 minutes or less in average to solve a question if I ever have a problem. Not just maths, she is essentially phenomenal in all STEM subjects. She could have been great things if it weren't for some unfortunate events.

[@koustavmajumdar1235]

Because you are a bengali and an INDIAN. India boasts of 63% of its females in STEM fields which is one of the highest earning fiels in the world. and the no is the BEST and HIGHEST in the whole world. Indians MEN and Women alike are very good in STEM and maths....

[@tromboner6061]

There is absolutely no sexism around STEM fields in India. my girl friend from USA tells that in this particular way, westerners are more sexist n likely to believe in this stuff. "Women are bad at math". I have onnly heard this from my mother ever. See this is one of the ways Feminists need to be responsible. Jitne logon k man mein stereotype nhi h, usse zyada logon ko ab ho jayega cuz dhe is bringing up a fight against it which is non existent

[@1directionforever430]

There hasn't been sufficient research in many medical problems faced by women and some conditions like endometriosis etc still don't have a cure due to this. The lack of women in research and scientific fields is one of the major factors for lack of research in these conditions.

[@anishkaverma7311]

True! PCOD/PCOS, endometrosis , so many things surronding the menstural cycle

[@gauribanga6885]

You are absolutely right and hey I'm a directioner too:)

[@digiartly]

@@anishkaverma7311 and then there is something called thyrodism. Which people don't take it seriously but is actually a serious disease.

[@bhavyjyotisharma3642]

I agree that some women drops put from maths and science subjects because of the pressure from.parents and sometimes taunts from society n relatives make them question there own abilities and drop out of maths and such subjects but if u guys believe that every women is bad at maths because she is a women then u ppl are wrong cause I do remember that in my school the first three toppers in maths were girls even in Olympiads infact both my elder n younger sisters are best at maths, so this notion that women aren't good at maths is not a fact or a true statement u see, it's just a stereotype.

[@villain2617]

In My School it Was Merely 3 Girls In Top Ten list... while Top three was Solely dominated by Boys

[@villain2617]

Also I'm not saying that Womens are bad at Maths

[@bhavyjyotisharma3642]

@@villain2617 obviously it can be like that in ur school but it doesn't strengthen their statement that women aren't bad at maths, right!

[@dishijain356]

its just a stereotype, to force women into doing or choosing more "feminine" subjects or careers. and this stereotype is just as harmful for men since those who like humanities or arts etc are looked down upon because its considered as a "ladkiyon waala" subject. so tired of these societal norms.

[@reisakumastan1455]

Well that's because your a minority. Your experience doesn't really speak for others

[@Leonyfilms]

During my entrance coaching classes one of my tutors told the boys to do much better in the coming test and they could do it better than girls because we don't have the intellect to solve math problems like boys it sent rage across me to hear but when results came first three toppers were girls. What is even sad was the teacher who said ,he was an engineering graduate from a top college.

[@flashrhymer586]

I've completed my Master’s in Maths n glad to tell you that all men around me were so supportive throughout my journey..... but most of the womens criticised.....so this fact is true case by case😅

[@dodge9600]

Truth is silent. It is because strong things are so and they don't have to as nothing's gonna happen to truth even if it remained silent but lies are shamefully weak and loud.

[@tromboner6061]

@Amey Tiwari No because stereotype of women being bad in STEM fields DOES NOT EXIST IN INDIA. It exists in Western countries. The lady in the video is likely to be one of those who want to fight sexism by learning from western Feminists. But she doesn't realise that this particular problem isn't ours🙄 Why to rather bring up an idea into attention that people don't have? It will Rather instill this idea in some sexist ppl

[@debayanpal3181]

@@tromboner6061 That's true...

[@adelaidemckenzie4047]

I’m offended by the title 🙃

[@villain2617]

You are Supposed to if u are a Pseudo-Feminist

[@AdityaAnand-oy3nc]

@@villain2617 are you a misogynoir too?

[@adelaidemckenzie4047]

@@villain2617 no, it’s because I’m a girl and I’m good at maths.

[@enigma8893]

@@villain2617 I think she meant to say that the title could have been better like "why people think women are bad at math!" I don't think she meant it in a bad way, get it?

[@ashanasinha671]

@@adelaidemckenzie4047 same

[@mathisnotforthefaintofheart]

Because they are wired differently. And why is that a bad thing? Women are excellent nurses. Men are good engineers. What's the problem? We need both in society.

[@omurcangokgul]

based.

[@jeremygerald3329]

Yes based

[@gustavus0013]

Yes but why don’t we train each to be nurses AND engineers

[@mathisnotforthefaintofheart]

@@gustavus0013 Why don't we just accept differences and let people decide what they want to do instead of pushing an agenda where we want people to go into fields they make not like to serve "equality"?

[@gauri26297]

In my post graduation class of Mathematics in Pune, there were only 20% boys... Women are not bad at math, they are held back when it comes to careers...

[@gauri26297]

@Amey Tiwari ?

[@inihos]

That's because most peers expect women to excel at the visual appeal game instead of expressing the talent that's inside them.

[@The-gn7dk]

I kinda suck at science and maths, and sometimes that makes me feel guilty that im not making the female species proud, but then my mother said to me being good or bad at some things is just a personal flaw its not related to gender in any way, you may be bad at some things but that shouldn't stop you from doing things you are good at and being yourself

[@adityakhanna113]

Yessss. The bad part is that girls who are good at this get pushed away. It's completely okay to be not good at something :)

[@mariecurie4]

You can do other things to make women proud

[@cauliflowerhead2735]

You have to be good at what your interested in and have a knack for. Period. You'd do girls proud at the top of your field rather than at the bottom of someone else's :)

[@thedoublep]

I don't understand why humanities is always looked down upon , I'm a science student , but teachers used to say to whole class "Don't behave like art students" whenever we use to talk

[@A.T1996]

Because of lack of employment opportunities maybe. I agree, however, that no subject should be looked down upon neither should students who take up those subjects, however, employment is also an important facet which people tend to ignore.

[@thedoublep]

@@A.T1996 yeah I know , but what is your view on people relating science and maths with "intelligence", and why musicians who create music rather I should say invent new tune or instruments are never considered "intelligent" , cooks who know the perfect flavours and invent new dishes are never considered "intelligent" ,I mean isn't it amazing that someone actually discovered that we can make chapatis from wheat....

[@A.T1996]

@@thedoublep being intelligent and creative are sometimes synonymous and sometimes not. Intelligence is by and large used with Science like in the domain of Physics, Chemistry or Biology and creativity is used with Arts like in Painting, Sculpting, composing music, etc. Creativity can be a subset of Intelligence too, however, it is considered as distinct. Your examples of Musicians and Cooks are a sign of creative people because they create things be it tangible or abstract. I know it sounds complicated but this is how it is in the real world.

[@bhavyavikrambhat9312]

Ikr!! I scored 95 in mathematics and 93 in science in 10th standard..... But I chose humanities (well I scored 94 in Social science). Relatives: You scored so well why did you choose humanities? Me: Because I love the subjects🤷🏻‍♀️ Relatives: That can't be a reason Me: 🤦🏻‍♀️Logic??

[@marco-vz5kv]

I am honestly telling you....i have never heard this stereotype....

[@7m4sushmitakalla65]

Women are not bad at maths this is just a stereotype it depends on practice and hardwork

[@jeremygerald3329]

No they are they're terrible at it all the girls in my cal classes were going to engineering lol and engineers are garbage at math

[@Rudea_200]

Who says that women are not good at mathematics... I'm good at mathematics and i love it... Don't judge anyone's talent by their gender dumb.

[@SavitaD]

You're right, but it's true at some extent. Have you ever seen a girl topping JEE Advanced exam?? In my class there there are 20 girls out of which only 2 has taken Non medical (Science with Maths), me and my friend, 9 has taken Medical, others has taken Arts and commerce. I am a girl and an IIT JEE aspirant.

[@jeremygerald3329]

​@@SavitaD JEE is for engineers and engineers are awful at math

[@jeremygerald3329]

Shut up if it's anything below real analysis you're not good at math

[@ashlyjolly8006]

Even though I used to be maths topper in my class I was stupid enough to believe that boys are more intelligent than me and if they tried they can beat me, even though I achieved my marks effortlessly. I still don't know how I got that stupid assumption.

[@solemnmelody9319]

My favorite subject is maths and I must say it's the easiest of all !

[@KimTaehyung-wd6hg]

i hate Math😭

[@alokbaluni8760]

If you find it easy then I must say you're a God or someone who doesn't study a lot about maths except basic stuff

[@beyblade3331]

Margaret Hamilton - the pioneer of software development and the reason Humankind reached Moon 60 years ago

[@beyblade3331]

She wrote her code in Books........She didn't have IDE for Code development.........She didn't have feedback loops..........Her code still to date has Zero Bugs......And she Coined the Term Software Engineering

[@anupamaMall]

I don't give an f about gender stereotypes

[@adityakhanna113]

That's good. But you should. In a way that goes against it

[@sumerasaeed6802]

Not true. My mom is a prodigy at maths.she manages the budget of our house. Her calculation are quick and accurate. My dad who is a business man, needs a calculator but my mom doesn't. Surprisingly she didn't even study maths. She studied biology

[@sindhuc25]

I have been a mathematical girl since my 5th grade , thanks to my mother , a maths lover but again we malayali girls are supposed to be good at it... ah well

[@cosmoverse.4850]

Guess what ..i'm practising maths right now..

[@aartikavali6550]

Same here

[@cosmoverse.4850]

@@aartikavali6550 yeah,exams

[@naina4288]

me too

[@pavitrarupa8716]

Same, for jee 😭

[@cosmoverse.4850]

@@pavitrarupa8716 All the best 👍🏼

[@SuranjanaVlogsUSA]

Exactly we get higher marks but often face bullying at workplace 🙄 it's not overthinking it's reality

[@swethaasokan5477]

Wtf in my famliy my mother grandmother and all the aunts I know are the ones taking care of their families and expenses...do people really think men are better😂😂may be just a sibling thing but we consider our brothers stupid😘😂

[@A.T1996]

What does taking care of one's family and their expenses have to do with one being better??? Most adult men in this World do that for their families. So by your logic are those men better than women??? BTW imagine if a guy had said that "we consider our sisters stupid", even if it was said jokingly.

[@swethaasokan5477]

@@A.T1996 first of all the reason why a video is even being made talking about if women are bad at math is because men are considered superior in everything.....so I just put out what I have seen and asked if it still believed men are superior?!😁and the fact that I call my brother stupid or vice versa has nothing to do with being sexist..it was a joke.

[@A.T1996]

@@swethaasokan5477 I don't comprehend where you got this notion that men are always considered superior in 'everything'. What does 'everything' mean??? Men suck at a lot of things and women excel in a lot of things too. It is just that where men excel, they will make a video and any disparity of gender in that field is automatically deemed as sexist and said disparity exist due societal norms, when it isn't the case most of the times. 2. I know it was a joke as I already mentioned it in my initial comment. However, it didn't sound good because the reverse would have been outrageous, even if it were said jokingly. This is my point.

[@swethaasokan5477]

@@A.T1996 what?!you don't understand where I get the notion that men are considered superior in everything?!Dude why do you think this channel even exists?!?!OPPRESSION OF WOMEN is what we are talking about here

[@swethaasokan5477]

@@A.T1996 and your arguement saying 'even men can't do certain things'.....women are perfectly capable of doing certain things but they are 'oppressed'!!!!!

[@shilpamahato2978]

In my school, including me girls always performed better than the guys at Maths until high school but then everyone divided their majors, there still remained girls in Maths, I moved to Physics and some to Biology. We never felt gender was an issue.

[@fatema_224]

My maths teacher in class 8th once told me that i will eventually lose my interest in maths and will become weak at it even though i was the highest scorer in maths from last 3 years .....that really affected me and i started to think like that

[@Honeybear0488]

My pre calc teacher in high school did that .. on top of that .. she was a female so I’d have expected she would be an encouraging person as a teacher should be. Before she tried to intentionally hurt my grades, I dropped her class and retook the subject in college and passed .

[@cauliflowerhead2735]

The exact opposite happened to me. Years of conditioning and fear made me avoid maths like the plague but a math teacher around 10th grade came into my life and told me that math is just some basic concepts, once you get the hang of it, it'll be cake walk. She took the fear away as she had been through the same things, perhaps to a greater degree given the generation gap, and knew by now how to tackle it. I wish girls had a teacher like that!

[@12binitamajumder68]

I also consider myself bad at maths and now that I think about it, it's actually cause I was made to think I'm bad at maths because of my gender. Starting from school to tution classes to tv serials movies to conversations with friends and family , everywhere it was said in one way or the other that girls are naturally not very good maths.

[@vacationeyes6430]

This stereotype is highly prevalent in western society. I'm surprised to find this is the case elsewhere too.

[@ruchivishwakarma2961]

This is true. Rosalind Franklin suffered so much sexism that her discovery of DNA and RNA has been stolen by Jim Watson and Francis Crick. And when she asked for her position they blatantly denied and said they have discovered it. I agree with your points of women being harassed or discredit in working places or most of the times they don't even get promotions. May this progressive utopian society show some dignity towards women contribution too.

[@Muggle_Army]

This is relatable AF. During my journey of getting a PhD in Zoology, every step was a struggle dealing with this society and its great ideologists (who were ready with their stereotypical comments). Some of them had the galls to say that "This girl is doing PhD just because she does not want to get married. Everyone knows boys don't like overly studied girls." Today, these are the same people who tell me that they are proud of me... I'm like yeahhhh right! 🙄

[@endeavourer1073]

wtf,why do they link everything with marriage,like its the sole purpose of life...

[@Muggle_Army]

@@endeavourer1073 for some people, it is! I don't blame the full society, but majority are to be blamed.

[@cauliflowerhead2735]

Haha I have such bozos my family too! They're a dime a dozen in indian society tbh

[@lifeistolive1617]

Me after seeing the title "Really, huh , so u gonna tell me that I'm a boy since I've got 100/100 in maths, u gonna tell me ? " And one more thing. In ma class top 20 in maths were all girls. And mine is a mixed school. Mind 😏 u....!

[@vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvq]

I used to hate maths but the more I tried I became better and now I love it❤️

[@drishtichaubey8226]

True!I'm a high scorer at maths...yet since childhood,all of my maths teachers have treated us girls as lesser than boys in maths to the extent that one female English teacher once commented girls are a little dumb at maths....I was like (in my head since my marks depended on her ): just because you are blind ,doesn't mean the world can't see u...and in class 11th,our maths teacher was like...let me know if any of the girls have been forced by their parents to become engineers ,only because we took maths and he considered that girls can't choose maths by their will....God. ..this society....

[@alokbaluni8760]

Scoring good marks in maths doesn't make anyone good at maths just saying, obviously your teacher is an idiot.

[@VVsupremacy]

I think that I lived under a rock all these years because I never knew that such a stereotype existed. Maybe that's because my mother and one of my aunts are math teachers and all my school life, I've seen only girls topping maths exams (I was in a coed school). I think we should appreciate someone when they excell in their chosen fields and not slap them with stereotypical remarks like "you are girl and you topped in math? Wow then you surely are genius!" Or "you are a boy and you won in that outfit styling contest? That's amazing!".

[@gigigirl1453]

People - girls are not good at maths Me - then who is Shakuntala Devi 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😁😁😁🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelcorola8420]

the light bulb incident is because there are more important male geniouses that females, not that there isn't any genious woman but because the ratio would be 25/1 for man. there aren't role models at math for woman, that's not man's fault, neither society, it's woman fault. If man could thrive in the Dancer career in comparison to 1960 despite the gender segregation and the risk of being called gay or queer, it's because they did it because it was their passion, womans should follow this example and thrive in maths if it's their passion. The bullying could be justified but that's because mans are more competitive, they not express discomfort for womans who follow a math career as them, but because they do it equally among other mans.

[@amritpalsingh3293]

Doesn't fit. All maths school Teachers were women. May be you are speaking of lesser women in fields such as Civil or mechanical engg or Metallurgy

[@cauliflowerhead2735]

I started out being bad at math as my child brain did give into some of the stereotypes which are oftentimes sustained as a thousand small invisible cuts that culminate into bigger decisions later on in life. I had decided to stay away from it untill I got a really good math teacher around 10thgrade. She changed my life. I don't believe there is such a thing as "bad at math" anymore. It's simply a matter of understanding the concepts and knowing how to apply them which hugely compromised due to a whole lot of factors in indian society.

[@plaguedoc_scp049]

I'm a girl and I scored 50/50 in my 8th grade mathematics mid terms.

[@sgktroller715]

Wow good good 😀

[@jeremygerald3329]

8th grade? So who cares? Anything high school in below is a complete joke and you can't call yourself good at math for scoring high on it

[@samrudhik8757]

I honestly had no idea about such a myth. Females I come across on a daily basis are all extremely good at math that is required as a necessity. My grandmother who loves solving math puzzles in hindi, vegetable vendor aunty who does calculations in a matter of seconds, my mom who is an accountant and knows her numbers like no other... and my math teachers till college that were all females and did a brilliant job in their vocation. Doesn't seem like we are any better or worse than any other gender at mathematics!

[@cauliflowerhead2735]

In all fairness, your mother can be considered as good at math. But solving puzzles for entertainment and counting change may require some basic principals of maths but doesn't mean they will be good at math. Also most teachers are women as taking care of children (whether they are your own or not) is viewed as a distinctly feminine job. Girls like you and me come from sheltered, privileged lives but we don't make a large enough sample size to overlook habitual stereotyping as a genuine, grassroots issue.

[@roshhhh5908]

**Women are not good with numbers!! Shakunthala Devi : did u say numbers?

[@elva136]

I have a an overthinking mind and nothing gratifies me more than solving problems. Its like this is my safe zone and noone can control me or hurt me, I am in full control of the problem at hand and solving them makes me confident in life. Other aspects of life maybe demeaning and unsafe for me, but the world of numbers, math is the world where I swim in, laugh in, cry in, basically live in. If you have an overthinking and overimaginative mind, you can be excellent at math. Doesnt matter who is underneath. A male female or Trans.

[@jonron3805]

Why does swaddle try to blame every problem in society to patriarchy or gender discrimination? I really have not seem most parents, who are looking at educating their girls discourage them from taking science or maths because of their gender. Sure some parents are not keen on getting girls much educated but thats a totally different issue. But those want to educate girls would not discourage STEM subjects because of gender.

[@eternalmeliorist]

Am a feminist tho. But I still agree on your point. This topic was extremely absurd and unnecessary.

[@sajirasiraj143]

I'm a girl, 18 year old CS AI Engineering Student Fav. Subject: Maths Maths is a subject of interest, where both men and women can do well and do worst. The one who understands and practice math can do it . And those who can't, remember every body have a different taste of interest. If not math there is something where one can do well. Sometimes i do score less in math , but still my fav sub bcoz I love to work on it , practice it . Score or society doesn't decide what u should b doing. But rather it's ur personal interest.

[@bhawnaupadhaya913]

I really loved maths in my school days.. but most of girls aren't good at maths... But I think all credit goes to my teachers who taught me so well

[@sreyanandhini3944]

What utter nonsense

[@aasthabaranwal468]

Someone tell me that girls are bad in maths then I tell that someone that maths is my favourite subject and I want to do my graduation with maths honours but unfortunately I am doing btech civil engineering yet which was my childhood dream as when I tell someone that I want to be civil engineer then everyone tell me that girls are not capable of doing civil engineering . Either maths honours Or civil engineering in both cases I will try to kil this stereotype notion

[@jeremygerald3329]

Engineers are garbage at math you're not good at all math is not about computations its about constructing abstract logical arguments to prove theorems

[@combinatorics1224]

research has shown that men excel more in pure maths like calculus, quantum algebra, trigonometry,topology,geometrical and functional operators and higher concepts .... while women excel more in applied maths like computer science,programming,data science , statastics astronomic and astrophysical calculation and other higher concepts.... may be this happens due to some biological difference ...I don't know ... I am weak in biology. But yes maths is my strong 💪 base ....I have also won IMO SOF 1st position in school, district and made rank 9th in zone( wb , assam and NE combined) SEE this is not show off ...I am just being honest....I find maths and physics as my power zone while chemistry and biology are my weak zone. As a man I think sex is regardless of being good in maths. We have the most excellent theoretical mathematician Maryam Mrzakhani from Iran who won fields medal 🥇 which is highest honour given to a mathematician from INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION and maths department of Harvard and stanford university.

[@shatavishasahachakraborty6033]

Well done 👍

[@fareehaxoxo8568]

The bullying men do for not being "logical" enough

[@Anarchist_syndicalist]

If you are a women please solve this problem ; Women "hate" being controlled by husband but why they "love" to control their children ?

[@cauliflowerhead2735]

Because Indian people and culture in general doesn't allow for the emancipation of children. Our "great culture" is fucked up cz it romanticizes codependency as "parental love". Once something like this becomes internalised it would be hard for women and children both to outgrow this.

[@AdityaAnand-oy3nc]

I hate Maths I have no say on this video. I though girls are better than boys though. I have also heard about sexism in STEM field

[@AdityaAnand-oy3nc]

@@ultimate6243 there's some wax, do you want it?

[@amritarupalaha8097]

This video made me rethink my entire life. I was not a math genius like my mother or brother, but I was never bad at it. I was dead scared of it, because I wasn't 'supposed to be good' at it. girls didn't go to STEM for a long time, is because of the firm rooted belief that their bodies, their brains are not capable of taking it.

[@arunikaghoshal9027]

I rebelled against my parents to study in higher math. Never knew that stereotype existed

[@Idontexist211]

I am a girl and I am spotless at Maths. There are just some stereotypes about women.

[@indianflippingart9593]

I chose English honours course in college. Bro, there are 97% girls in the class. This is like a different dimension

[@shrishtimalhotra2406]

The motion graphics in this video killed me and then resurrected me. 😍

[@meghanamakana1225]

I want to do Civil engineering but my mother told me that it is not what women usually opt for and is usually dominated by men and she is telling me not to choose that field...she is just contributing to this false statement "Why are women bad at math?"

[@clipsilike4362]

I really love math where my friends used to hate it.. It's really fascinating..

[@yashagar4443]

I use fail at math in school and majority of girls In our class aced mathematics

[@jeremygerald3329]

If it's below pure mathematics it's not real math women do well at computations with numbers but are garbage at constructing logical arguments

[@caddythanks6712]

*reads the title me who has failed two times and barely passed as a boy : well i guess i 'm not the only one bad at math .😅😅

[@samriddhi6987]

Here i am watching this before my math exam

[@catsofMumbai]

I'm a girl and I love maths! Always have. And I have always scored well in Maths at the school level and also in engineering.

[@AK-ud5bi]

Did your family or society was discriminative against you when you take maths?

[@Pageant_memes]

Once when i was in 8th grade...i scored 100/100 in maths The teacher then said something really interesting "all girls stop performing well in maths when they get older " Next time i got 40/100 This is how the stereotypes of certain bunch of people disturb children's mind and make them mentally weak

[@thelostGamer-tl5mq]

That line generally is true

[@Abhi-rg2wb]

What about Shakuntala Devi Tessy Thomas first missile women (scientists in DRDO) Even my aunty scientist in ISRO😎

[@Abhi-rg2wb]

@worship patriarchy But my aunty was really very ambitious and she is a rank holder in m tech electronics and 17 years of work experience. She doesn't need the help of any dirty politics 🙄.

[@theresareju2661]

Women are bad at maths . . . . . . . . . Shakuntala Devi:Am I a joke to you . . . Me who secured 95 in maths: Am I a joke to you😁

[@purvimangal6217]

Madame Curie Feels incomplete video without her inclusion 😅

[@lakhanpalsinghchouhan5639]

I want to work in Earth Science and inspired mostly from Female Scientist:- 1. Prof Bethan Davies, RHUL, UK 2. Prof Kethelin Nikol, Utah University, USA 3. Dr. Susan J Conway 4. Dr. Subhra Sharma, BHU, India etc etc. They all are Geomorphologists u can google them.

[@Gayatrii]

I hadn't heard about this stereotyping until now😅 in my personal observation, I have known so many girl math toppers in school as well as university level who loved maths and excelled in it better than boys. Is this maths stereotyping that you describe in the video more of a part in western culture?

[@kdhd100]

Check out the girls to boys ratio in most of the top engineering colleges in india......

[@sgktroller715]

Bro the thing is In schools we cram up stuff. Cramming up formulas dosen't make anyone good in maths. Note that I ain't targetting any gender,I've seen both girls and boys who cram up formulas and know nothing about *how the formula originated* Wheather it's a girl or a boy,if there is no visualisation,then no one can do maths

[@oishikadatta5128]

My Aunt was the first woman to study science in her village. There wasn't a single school open for higher secondary science stream for girls within a 40 km radius. She took it all upon herself, contacted the board authorities, managed to borrow some old books and never gave up. Today she's a respected Mathematician with her students all over the world. If you say women are bad at math just by showcasing the lack of women in STEM, take a moment to think why. Surely, our genitalia can't have so much effect on our thinking process.

[@sgr7155]

I always thought Rosalind Franklin was a male 😅. I guess it just goes to show how deeply ingrained these biases are.

[@germandaddy907]

the moment feminists stop blaming other people for their personal problems, excellence will be simple , until then it will be a never ending circle ..

[@chaitanyadandale4569]

Hey im a boy i suck at math really hard. The women around most of all have atleast more scores in math than me. I guess this video swaddle got wrong about women. Yeah but the historical facts are true.

[@pigeonparrot4630]

It's okay, I as a girl have even sucked in Maths and everyone use to think I am dumb because of that.

[@chaitanyadandale4569]

@@pigeonparrot4630 ha na bhai. Lekin maths is imp like sabzi wale se money exchange karte vakt ya phir in general calculations and all.... aur upar se vo confusing math problem i didn't get as to how the hell other math lovers used to crack that. Actually i so wanted to take sci and like go for astronomy or coding or something but ...😐 it involves maths

[@pigeonparrot4630]

@@chaitanyadandale4569 IKR. I can do calculation, if I know the formulas but for me, word problems specifically, HOTS of Algebra or geometry, no. I can do maths that I require in commerce especially in Accountancy or Economics but I didn't took Maths as a subject as it is really hard.

[@chaitanyadandale4569]

@@pigeonparrot4630 same here !!!! I took arts . But i regret not taking maths coz ..... what can i say . Do u know the approach-avoidance conflict in the psychology? It means that u want something but u don't want it either. So im like afraid of maths but ik without it my world is a house of cards that'll fall very quickly. Bcoz of maths i had to leave biology. I liked it

[@pigeonparrot4630]

@@chaitanyadandale4569 you seriously require biology with maths!?

[@antarachowdhury8575]

I love maths being a girl

[@averageyoutubeenjoyer4955]

IQ can differ from person to person but I think we all can agree that it isn't based on someone's gender

[@A.T1996]

Not every disparity can be attributed to societal norms. In Scandinavian nations that have given women the highest level of freedom, even there it is seen that men outnumber women in STEM fields by a long chalk. Similarly, women outnumber men in Nursing. This isn't due to societal stereotyping. Men and Women simply make different choices. There can certainly be exceptions though, however, on average this isn't the actual picture as being painted by this video.

[@jonron3805]

I totally agree, this channel generally tries to blame gender discrimination as the root to many of societies problems.

[@NiteshKumar-bq7gh]

They don't like to understand shit. These "geniuses" like to live in their fantasy land.

[@anshumanp74]

Math is related to logical reasoning any person with good logical and critical thinking ability is naturally good at maths because they r able to relate things better and connect the dots. Well i did read somewhere tht women brain function in a different manner than men and it could be the reason tht men might have a slight edge but tbh i believe math to be purely practice and logical reasoning ability Atleast one girl used to make into top 5 in maths since I first started to notice ranks during my school

[@lakshita1408]

Guys wish me luck for my data science exam today so that I'm the next big thing in STEM 😁

[@yashvi9149]

I can totally relate, I went to my offline class for the first time and realized that all my pioneers and the faculty were male (I'm preparing for JEE Advance)

[@aditibisht22]

Sameeeeeee

[@bhum1ika]

Bye i feel attacked- my maths is horrible lmao

[@AK-ud5bi]

Anyone can be bad/good at math it's not about gender

[@bhum1ika]

@@AK-ud5bi lmao i never said that I'm just talking about myself

[@AK-ud5bi]

@@bhum1ika but it can be applied for anyone

[@bhum1ika]

@@AK-ud5bi ofc but that wasn't my point so idc

[@AK-ud5bi]

@@bhum1ika k

[@thehungarywaffleinc.7775]

The reason boys aren’t anxious about math is because they know they get to go home and play Lego Star Wars

[@purpleballoon8367]

Not only boys go home and play Lego Star Wars though 😂

[@doodleh9318]

Wait... 😑I was the best girl in math whn I was student...I got always 95+ or sometime evn 100...