# What stereotypes have you found to not be true?

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**Created:** [April 25, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stereotypes-have-you-found-to-not-be-true/1029553 "2026-04-25T19:12:05Z")\
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A hijack but curious - the average child has only some much intellectual capacity to divvy up. When they put more attention in one area well another gets less. (The early walker is often a slower talker, and the converse.) How much of the cause is discouraging math in girls relative to boys, vs a positive bias/expectation that girls will be more advanced in social and language skills? It seems like there is a gap favoring early grade level girl verbal skills, including reading, that is even larger than the boy math gap.

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