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Based on data from a new study, scientists suggest that the predominance of genius males in most sciences associated with the stereotype that, supposedly, women are inherently cannot be genius at all. Researchers surveyed 1820 highly gifted people who specialize in 30 different disciplines (starting from the exact sciences and ending with music). Specialists decided to find out what, according to these people, is required for achieve success. It turned out that in some areas you can to achieve good results, using purposefulness and hard work. However, there are areas in which without congenital talent is indispensable, it is in these areas that talent has the most great importance. Researchers have discovered an interesting trend: the more talent is needed in a business, the lower the percentage women who have succeeded. However, the author of the study Sarah-Jane Leslie, professor of philosophy at Princeton University in New Jersey confident female success rates are low absolutely not connected with such a criterion as genius. Sarah believes that in certain areas most often women refuse brilliant career due to the fact that simply not in able to meet the usual for a given direction standards. Researchers have suggested that prevailing in society the idea of women’s opportunities is a stumbling block, which prevents women from succeeding in certain areas, although there is no real intellectual difference between men and women have never been observed. The fact is that many books and films form a vivid image of masculine genius in our country. Eloquent examples are the inimitable Sherlock Holmes, Doctor House and others. Therefore, innate genius is associated with people with representatives of the stronger sex. At the same time, intellectually perfect women are usually portrayed as incredibly hardworking individuals who, if they succeed, it is certainly at the cost of incredible effort. For example, Hermione Granger in the movie Harry Potter. Thus female achievements are seen by society as the result of painstaking work, not like innate talents bestowed by God. Received data help find new explanations for gender imbalances in many scientific fields. Based on them, the researchers came to the conclusion that if we discard stereotypes and create equal conditions for manifestations of both male and female talents, female genius will not differ much from man’s …
