The Telegraph seems to think so. Research disagrees.
Last week The Telegraph suggesed that we should "give up" on gender equality in school science.
And yesterday it ran another piece saying girls shouldn't be "forced" into science if they're not interested.
Both articles draw on a talk given by psychology researcher Dr Gijsbert Stoet at the British Education Studies Association conference in Glasgow.
(Though Stoet says The Telegraph's headline is misleading. Follow that link and read his views yourself if you'd like to make up your own mind.)
Except, who says girls are not as interested in science as boys?
Let's look at some data.
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Gender issues are evident from a young age. Girls are less likely than boys to aspire to science careers, even though a higher percentage of girls than boys rate science as their favourite subject.
Via kcl.ac.uk
This was a study by King's College London. It shows that girls appear to like science in school, but not necessarily want to go on to pursue it as a career.
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