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jQueryIsAwesome on April 12, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Damn, Girl: New York Has Almost Double The Female ...

I don't think that statement is supported by the facts; for example, only 6 of more than 100 Nobel Prize winners in Medicine are women[0].

[0]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates_in_Phys...

Duff on April 13, 2012 [–]

If that justifies the argument that "girls dont get math" to you, good luck to you.

Many medical schools have female enrollments in the 40-50% range.

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