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Re: science/math being from a male perspective
Many schools are now experimenting with single sex classes at the middle school level and have found that girls' math and science scores have gone up, as have boys' language scores. I can sort of understand this. In elementary school in the 80s and early 90s, the most popular series books were written for girls!
What I find interesting is this: In the past, a young woman wasn't considered "accomplished" unless she knew how to play the piano. Yet, successful composers were almost all men (The only pre 20th century woman composer I can think of is Clara Schumann). Perhaps it's the whole idea that ladies are supposed to entertain in the drawing room/parlour rather than in a concert hall.
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