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I don't think he meant it like that at all. If he thought a girl couldn't teach you anything about integrals, he wouldn't have asked for help. I think he used

I don't think he meant it like that at all. If he thought a girl couldn't teach you anything about integrals, he wouldn't have asked for help. I think he used it as an example to show that the cultural distinction in his school between the genders when it came to math weren't enormous. Had there been a clear culture of math as an all-boys-no-girls subject, that exchange (were he as a boy asked a girl for help) would never have happened. It is an example used to convey that it wasn't common for boys to think a girl couldn't teach you anything about integrals.

hermanbystand 10y ago
If it surprises anyone that a boy can ask a girl for help with maths, then that person is a sexist. Unless you think girls are worse at maths, then this is a null-story. Shall I tell you a story about how as a child I saw that the sky is blue?
- Infinitesimus 10y ago
  It comes across as you are more interested in being angry than trying to understand what the original poster might have been saying(?) > If it surprises anyone that a boy can ask a girl for help with maths, then that person is a sexist I think everyone here agrees with you. My understanding of the original post's point was: "I asked a girl for help in math and it was nothing special; Just like asking anyone who is good at math for help regardless of gender because we weren't socialized to view girls as somehow inferior here
  - tomtoise 10y ago
    Your parent poster is from a 3 hour old account with no other contribution to HN. Safe to assume troll.
- rdtsc 10y ago
  > then that person is a sexist. Whether you think is sexist or not, you can't deny that sciences, maths, and computer science are male dominated. By the end of high school years that can be clearly seen as well. At least I saw it. And my claim was that I saw it more in US than in an Easter European country.

hermanbystand 10y ago

If it surprises anyone that a boy can ask a girl for help with maths, then that person is a sexist. Unless you think girls are worse at maths, then this is a null-story. Shall I tell you a story about how as a child I saw that the sky is blue?

Infinitesimus 10y ago
It comes across as you are more interested in being angry than trying to understand what the original poster might have been saying(?) > If it surprises anyone that a boy can ask a girl for help with maths, then that person is a sexist I think everyone here agrees with you. My understanding of the original post's point was: "I asked a girl for help in math and it was nothing special; Just like asking anyone who is good at math for help regardless of gender because we weren't socialized to view girls as somehow inferior here
- tomtoise 10y ago
  Your parent poster is from a 3 hour old account with no other contribution to HN. Safe to assume troll.
rdtsc 10y ago
> then that person is a sexist. Whether you think is sexist or not, you can't deny that sciences, maths, and computer science are male dominated. By the end of high school years that can be clearly seen as well. At least I saw it. And my claim was that I saw it more in US than in an Easter European country.