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Females are shite at Maths

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AutisticHedgehog · 07/06/2018 20:16

According to a fucking hilarious Mumsnet cliche-meme on the FB feed.

FFS this is appalling. Why are Mumsnet of all places perpetuating the myth that girls can’t do maths.

I know plenty will say “lighten up, it’s harmless fun” but it’s not. It’s continual nonsense-shite that pervades and influences girls and their views that maths is a boys’ subject.

Maths is for everyone.

Shame on you MN.

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mineofuselessinformation · 07/06/2018 20:18

WTF? Not on at all.....

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Sparklingbrook · 07/06/2018 20:19

To me it says more that parents can't always help with their child's maths not just women.

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SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 07/06/2018 20:19
Shock
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AutisticHedgehog · 07/06/2018 20:20

Sparkling no it doesn’t. It says “go and ask your father”

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FermatsTheorem · 07/06/2018 20:20

Is that off Mumsnet's own facebook feed, or is it something someone else mocked up? Bloody shocking if it's the former. (Said as a theoretical physicist, i.e. an applied applied mathematician...)

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Hamiltoes · 07/06/2018 20:20

What a bizarre meme Hmm

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Sparklingbrook · 07/06/2018 20:21

Sparkling no it doesn’t. It says “go and ask your father”

To you maybe, but not to me.

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AutisticHedgehog · 07/06/2018 20:22

Fermats I’m pretty sure it’s the real MN site. When I click this is where it goes to.

(And hello from a former experimental physicist - who still did a lot of maths - but not as much as you)

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polsha · 07/06/2018 20:22

It's not open to interpretation sparkling it's in black and white Confused

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MrsCD67 · 07/06/2018 20:22

Oh come on. That's not what it was insinuating

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NotMaryWhitehouse · 07/06/2018 20:23

@Sparklingbrook ...it literally says 'go and ask your father....'

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maxthemartian · 07/06/2018 20:23

FFS that is utterly appalling, who thought that was okay??
I'm the proud owner of both a maths degree and a vagina and this sort of crap really winds me up.

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SimonBridges · 07/06/2018 20:23

It really actually says it, Sparkling at the top.

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AutisticHedgehog · 07/06/2018 20:23

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Sparklingbrook · 07/06/2018 20:23

It is totally open to interpretation. Confused I have interpreted it.

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xsquared · 07/06/2018 20:23

Er what? Is this meant to be “relatable”?

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shadesofwinter · 07/06/2018 20:24

Sparkling, it literally does say that Grin

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maxthemartian · 07/06/2018 20:24

Sparking it does actually physically say that though. Saying it doesn't is like insisting that the sky is green.

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Semster · 07/06/2018 20:24

It quite clearly says "Go and ask your father".

Fucksake. Who at Mumsnet thought that was OK to post.

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LtGreggs · 07/06/2018 20:24

They can fuck off. I'm female and I graduated top of my year in my oxbridge numerate degree.

And don't get me started on when people say "explain that in words your mother/grandmother would understand". Well then that's a PhD-holding CEO and a headteacher then?

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polsha · 07/06/2018 20:25

"Go and ask your father."

Fuck sake. Only on Mumsnet would someone argue that "go and ask your father" didn't mean, to and ask your father.

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greenlanes · 07/06/2018 20:25

Came on here to say YABVVVU - I am fabulous at maths, but now I see the issue. Shocking advert.

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FermatsTheorem · 07/06/2018 20:25

High fives AutisticHedgehog - physicists of the world unite. (Great username btw - I had a series of hedgehog related names a few name-changes back).

I definitely go with the majority interpretation here - it's a fucking sexist disgrace.

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Sparklingbrook · 07/06/2018 20:26

Thanks for calling me stupid. Nice.

I didn't notice the teeny tiny writing. Sorry about that.

I will leave you to it.

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Idontbelieveinthemoon · 07/06/2018 20:26

Ridiculous. I'm better at maths than DH. I'm also better at DIY, car maintenance and other 'go and ask your father' jobs.

Shit effort, Mumsnet.

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