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by diydsp 4699 days ago
In addition, there was a recent study that said when women write fake names on their test papers before they take math tests, they do better! [1] This suggests not only do gender expectations influence performance, but one's own assessment of one's identity has an influence on performance!

Maybe that's why some people have multiple personalities - one is good at math, one at geography, one at programming ;)

[1]http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/07/if-women-a...