Women In Math And Science According to the 1992 study How Schools Shortchange Girls, girls have been less likely than boys to take the most advanced courses in science. In higher level mathematics women are again underrepresented and most women seem to posses anxiety when it comes to math and the sciences. The social stereotype that most people including many teachers take as fact is that women don't have the same capabilities in math and science as men do. "My chemistry teacher told me and my mother that I couldn't understand chemistry because I was a girl (Rocky Mountain Survey)." How often do girls hear comments like t