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Sapienza needs to learn some math herself. Finland scores higher on the equality scale than Iceland, yet boys are 12 points ahead in math abilities according to the PISA data. Germany is ranked 7th on the scale, but girls are a whopping 20 points behind.
And Jordan and Kyrgyzstan are 104th and 70th in the equality ratings, yet there girls do as well in math as boys.
Strange, ain’t it? Also strange that Sapienza didn’t pull out the other glaring assumption given by her line of reasoning: Boys being extremely discriminated when it comes to reading.