As reported by Yahoo, a new research has revealed that outdated gender stereotypes proceed to form younger folks’s views of science and expertise careers
One in 4 kids nonetheless imagine that jobs in STEM – science, expertise, engineering and maths – are extra appropriate for boys. The survey of 1,000 kids aged 10 to 14 discovered that only one p.c considered STEM careers as “girls’ jobs”, highlighting a persistent gender divide in perceptions of science and expertise roles.
The findings additionally confirmed that 40 p.c of women had by no means attended a coding membership, regardless of three-quarters saying they’d contemplate a job within the STEM sector.
When it got here to profession aspirations, women have been extra more likely to prioritise doing a job they love (60 p.c) in contrast with 56 p.c of boys. However, boys have been extra motivated by incomes potential (49 p.c) than women (43 p.c).
The analysis additional revealed that over a 3rd of younger folks (36 p.c) had by no means taken half in an after-school coding membership, whereas nearly 1 / 4 (23 p.c) believed a profession in STEM could be “less sociable” or “less fun” than turning into a social media influencer or athlete.
The findings counsel that whereas curiosity in STEM stays excessive amongst younger folks, extra work is required to problem stereotypes and make science and expertise careers extra accessible and interesting to all.