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…showed last 75 words of 314 total…very strongly tipped toward males, and social sciences and humanities tipped toward females. This leads to economic inequality because high-paying careers in our modern society usually require strong backgrounds in mathematics and science (Mickelson 1997). It is interesting to note, however, that women can and do achieve academically as well as men (Klien 1985 et al.). In fact, more girls than boys graduate from high school and more women than men receive baccalaureate and masters degrees (Mickelson 1997).