- “For girls and for many women, if you believe you’re smart, you’ll actually be smarter—you’ll learn better and do better on tests—than if you think you’re dumb. A girl who thinks she’s good in math will test better than a girl of the same ability who thinks she’s bad in math.” Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men (Leonard Sax) Page 49