The New York Times > Science > Gray Matter and Sexes: A Gray Area Scientifically

The New York Times > Science > Gray Matter and Sexes: A Gray Area Scientifically: "Yet Dr. Summers, who said he intended his remarks to be provocative, and other scientists have observed that while average math skillfulness may be remarkably analogous between the sexes, men tend to display comparatively greater range in aptitude. Males are much likelier than females to be found on the tail ends of the bell curve, among the superhigh scorers and the very bottom performers.

Among college-bound seniors who took the math SAT's in 2001, for example, nearly twice as many boys as girls scored over 700, and the ratio skews ever more male the closer one gets to the top tally of 800. Boys are also likelier than girls to get nearly all the answers wrong."

That's what I've been saying for years. One can't just compare the tops, because the variability could be larger for men.