Does a 32 point sex difference on SAT math mean that women can't be scientists?

Males have consistently scored higher than females on the SAT mathematics subtest since 1972. Does this explain the gender gap in science and engineering careers?

Corinna A. Ethington, Lee M. Wolfle, Sex Differences in a Causal Model of Mathematics Achievement, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Vol. 15, No. 5 (Nov ...

Gender differences were not found when total-group means were compared. When the high end of math score distributions was examined, however, noteworthy gender differences favoring male students ...