Scientists have always believed that the reason why the number of women who can achieve much less in the field of advanced mathematics is related to the gap between men and women in biological composition. However, a recent study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison questioned this, arguing that this difference in performance is not due to biological composition, but to social factors.

Researchers Mertz and Jonathan Kane pointed out that in some countries that pay more attention to gender equality, the mathematics level of both men and women has improved a lot. Interestingly, children of well-educated and well-paid women can get good grades in math-related subjects.

The research points out that there is no indication that women have an inherent disadvantage in mathematics research. However, due to the influence of cultural factors in some countries, men's abilities are overemphasized in many major international research projects. These lead to women's negative attitude towards mathematics.

This aspect is particularly prominent in the Middle East. However, from the study of primary and secondary schools in the Middle East, it is found that although girls' math scores are not so good, boys' math scores are not so good, which shows that there is no so-called physiological gap between men and women in primary and secondary schools. However, the oppression of Muslim culture on women makes them too passive in dealing with these problems.

Kane said that these social factors give women a subconscious: advanced mathematics has little to do with them, but in fact, these factors can be changed.