Research on Biological Reactions People's reactions to these facts vary.
Some people conclude that it justifies women's lack of participation in traditionally-male fields.
In other countries, particularly in Eastern Europe, large numbers of women study science successfully, despite any biological handicap. Nor are biological predispositions necessarily relevant when formulating education policy. Girls usually score better than boys on verbal tests, and boys have more difficulty than girls in learning to read. But schools do not take this as a reason for letting boys drop out of reading classes. Teachers put extra effort into teaching boys to read to make up for any deficiency, whether its origin is biological or social.