Abstract
There is no need for complicated research or rigorous statistics to see that there is a glaring discrepancy between young girls' success in school and their accomplishments after they have grown up. This striking discrepancy is one that S. Olshen [24] has given the name "disappearing giftedness"; it cannot be accounted for solely by biological factors (for example, by differences in the structure of the brain or the presence of different hormones).