The answer seems to be yes

Do Women Shy Away from Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?*
MIT Press Journals – Quarterly Journal of Economics – Abstract
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This biggest laugh I have received from a 6 year old recently

is when I told her that I took ballet classes as a young man. Gender stereotyping starts way too early.

Interesting working paper

Housing IS the Business Cycle (NBER)by Edward Leamer
Abstract:
Of the components of GDP, residential investment offers by far the best early warning sign of an oncoming recession. Since World War II we have had eight recessions preceded by substantial problems in housing and consumer durables. Housing did not give an early warning of the Department [...]

First

week of elementary school, taking the bus, even.
language class at the Chinese school (for all of us).  But L. is in a more advanced class than the rest of us.
taste of sunflower seed butter.  We will purchase our own soon.
swimming class of the new year.
ballet class, coming tomorrow.
thesis defense.

Whew.
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A little bit about Godel

Best Free Documentaries: Dangerous Knowledge – Full Documentary
I remember being blown away with the result that the irrational numbers were ‘uncountable’ in grad school. To this day, 15 years later, I can still hear the grad school lectures about Cantor’s set in my head.