A recent University of Kansas research study suggests that it is in fact mathematics, not inherent skill, which accounts for the gender gap that is currently prevalent in many academic fields. The study takes female students GRE scores and compares them to various fields in which female representation is found to be lacking. While academic faculty perceptions of women’s capability may or may not still play a factor in the gender gap, the direct correlation between GRE scores and women’s representation in mathematically reliant fields of study suggest that the root cause of the issue may go much further back into the middle and high school careers of female students.