Sentences with phrase «intrinsic differences in ability»

When Harvard University president Lawrence Summers, himself an MIT graduate in economics, suggested at an academic conference that there might be «intrinsic differences in ability» between men and women in math and science, a female MIT professor walked out.

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The authors note that existing stereotypes about gender and reading lead to a «gap [that] may reflect boys» fear of confirming the negative stereotype about their gender group in reading, rather than intrinsic gender differences favoring females in reading ability and motivation.»