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“Math Class Is Tough” Teen Talk Barbie, with her negative proclamation about math class, was a lightning rod for discussions about gender stereotypes. Some of Barbie’s negative press related to the fact that Barbie’s message might doom girls to even poorer performance in mathematics. The media tend to play up gender differences instead of the less interesting (and more frequent) realities of gender similarities.
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