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"Gender stereotypes begin in early childhood. Bright pink “toys for girls” and
blue “toys for boys” are sold on store shelves around the world.
In the boys’ section you’ll find science, construction and warfare toys —
perhaps a motorised robot, or a telescope. In the girls’ lane you’ll get toys
related to cleaning, prams, dolls, kitchens, makeup, jewellery and crafts.
Our research, published this week, shows by the early years of primary school,
gender stereotypes from a variety of sources have already influenced children —
leading them to aspire to “traditional” male and female vocations.
This flows into lower numbers of girls taking STEM (science, technology,
engineering and mathematics) subjects at school. In turn, this means fewer
women are going on to work in the sciences. Women make up only 28% of the STEM
workforce.
The gender gap is particularly high in the fastest-growing and highest-paid
jobs of the future, such as computer science and engineering."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
