Gender Gap of Economics

Bryan Caplan posts an interesting visual:

If I believed in relative income being an accurate measure of poverty, then  my response to Caplan's evidence would be simple - teach male students badly. That would close the gap as efficiently as possible. If (as I do) I believed that absolute income is the more appropriate measure, then the best strategy would be to ensure female students recieve sufficient attention so that all points move North-East, regardless of any "gaps". That ok?

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It looks like male students have less knowledge in proportion to their interest than female students, which tends to make the females look like cynical dispassionate boffins, and the males eager bushy-tailed simpletons. Which I think is an accurate picture.