24 June 2025 / Jana Lindner

Girls are better at languages, boys are better at math — true or false?

The cliché holds that girls have an affinity for languages, boys for technology. Parents and teachers can help to prevent this becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The idea that girls and boys have different talents persists. The unequal distribution of women and men in different professions reinforces the idea that gender determines interests and talents. But is this true?

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