The rise in female reading scores alongside their maths scores suggests that female comparative advantage in this area has not changed.

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Further research, commissioned by the charity from the Institute of Education, suggests many fathers see reading as a female domain.

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Horn discussed a book he was reading, The Female Brain, with Gonzalez.

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After reading an article that claimed female superiority in certain jobs, he did some digging.

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For several months, the Women of the Wall group has held prayers in the female side, wearing traditional shawls and reading aloud from the Torah.

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