Classic case of Girls v. Boys

Verdict: case thrown out. Ive never really given too much trust to these types of studies of one gender performing better or worse than the other. Unless the figures consistently come out overwhelmingly lopsided either way, we dont have anything to worry about with this issue.

Sometimes it seems that people assume that these types of results have to be exactly 50/50, but that not true. In reality, one side is almost always going to come out a little bit better than the other, just like coin flips - sure each side is equally as likely on average to come up, but flip a coin 100 times and I'll be surprised if you get a perfect 50/50.

I count myself lucky to get to witness an age in which all sorts of glass ceilings are being shattered, and understand how these types of studies could have interesting facets and social implications, but it seems like they are conducted just to have a headline either way and its always implied that "something must be done because the losing gender is falling behind." I think it would be more constructive to focus on better teaching to both genders in general rather than worrying too much about one or the other.