Teachers Are Hard-Wired to Give Girls Better Grades (2022)
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A study suggests teachers are biased towards giving girls better grades, but the discussion raises concerns about the study's generalizability.
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> Researchers caution that the study was carried out on Italian students, and [things might be different in other places].
Or, maybe - if you really want a certain result, and don't mind repeating your experiment in enough countries: https://xkcd.com/882/