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Weinman and her colleagues were so concerned about their findings that they formed the National Commission on Gender and Technology, which recently held its first meeting with a group of girls at Matt and Shanna's high school. You just type it in and no problem. It just shocked him. Yes, the assumption is that it comes easier to boys than it does for girls. Dr. Barbara Smith teaches a course on gender at Johns Hopkins University.