It's not necessarily about girls becoming boys, but attempting to show that girls can perform at the same level, so they therefore deserve the same respect, attention and recognition as the boys. Modern feminists, I don't believe, base a woman's worth on how well she copies a man; but by having girls perform well in math, they can say that there is no frontier a woman can't cross.

The point of the study and article was more to state that women have the tools to achieve at math, it is simply cultural hinderances that prevent them from doing well, which could be part of the equation for some. There's no denying that many patriarchal societies see the education of females as a low priority, even sometimes as evil or entirely unnecessary. Women are kept from learning about some of the simplest technologies and sciences, since these are purely the provinces of men in certain cultures.