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> I’ve seen girls score much higher than boys at the school level here in India. I think the same is true here in Germany. As a (boy) teenager I felt that this

> I’ve seen girls score much higher than boys at the school level here in India. I think the same is true here in Germany. As a (boy) teenager I felt that this was often unfairly spun as "girls are actually smarter, boys are troublemakers in school". (Sometimes combined with the comment that I can agree with: Although they have better grades in school, women have less opportunities and earn less later in live, which shows the systematic discrimitation.) Looking back I interpret girls doing better in school tragically - they are not "better" than boys, but (on average) more obiedient and adapted. So yet another way how they draw the short straw in our society.

piva00 5y ago
> Looking back I interpret girls doing better in school tragically - they are not "better" than boys, but (on average) more obiedient and adapted. So yet another way how they draw the short straw in our society. Same realisation I have looking back at school in Brazil, girls would conform more easily to the mold required by schools: be obedient, follow instructions, don't speak up, don't go against the accepted flow. And yes, all of that now seems to stem from the way girls are raised to fit into the "female gender role", it sucks and I hope that girls can do better at school while not being oppressed, doing better at school at the expense of your self-expression isn't that good of a trade-off.