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Gender bias is the result of twisted male mindset

By Wang Yiqing | China Daily | Updated: 2017-11-29 08:30

Will girls be in a more disadvantageous position in the college entrance exam, or gaokao, in the future?

Wen Rumin, chief editor of the official Chinese textbooks, has sparked a heated debate by answering in the affirmative to the above question. The reason: "schoolboys read widely while many schoolgirls only read romantic or inspirational books".

There is no proof, however, to show that schoolgirls read less or only a narrow range of subjects compared with schoolboys. Even if a particular reading taste creates "bookworms" that will find it more difficult to get high scores in gaokao, why do these "bookworms" have to be only girls?

Gender bias is the result of twisted male mindset

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