14 Aug
2014
14 Aug
'14
7:57 a.m.
On 13/08/2014 02:36, Warren D Smith wrote:
Despite Iran culture and education system allegedly being anti-female, unlike the enlightened West, you'll notice the first female Fields medalist came from Iran.
She appears to have been in the USA since starting her PhD. I think all we can deduce from this is: Iran's education system isn't so abysmally anti-woman that even a woman smart enough to win a Fields medal can't get a decent undergraduate education there. That's a great deal better than nothing, but still consistent with Iran's education system (and, still more, its culture) being terribly anti-woman. I have no knowledge of whether that is actually the case. -- g