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- Zoe Burt, a wealth advisor turned financial-content specialist, doesn't think she's good at math.
- To Burt, the viral TikTok trend #girlmath reiterates the stereotype that women are bad at math.
- Burt breaks down why she finds the trend damaging to women's confidence and financial well-being.
Women are constantly being reminded that math is not for them. Sometimes it's subliminal: a young woman scanning a sea of male faces in her STEM lecture. But often it's more overt, as with TikTok's most recent viral trend: "girl math."
The stereotype runs deeper than many of us even realize. As I was bombarded with #girlmath videos, it hit me that I don't consider myself to be "good" at math.