Gender stereotypes about interests start early and cause gender disparities in computer science and engineering [Psychological and Cognitive Sciences]
Societal stereotypes depict girls as less interested than boys in computer science and engineering. We demonstrate the existence of these stereotypes among children and adolescents from first to 12th grade and their potential negative consequences for girls’ subsequent participation in these fields. Studies 1 and 2 (n = 2,277; one…
Published in: "PNAS".