| AUGUST 6, 2012 Monday |
| Why a Female Scientist in a Pink Dress Is No Hero to Girls |
| Adolescent girls' plans for taking college math drop if they're shown feminine-looking women excelling in technological fields. After 11- to 13-year-old girls heard about women who were successful in science and wore dark-colored clothing, their expectations of taking math averaged 5.57 on a 1-to-7 scale, say Diana Betz and Denise Sekaquaptewa of the University of Michigan. But when girls learned about science-achieving women who wore makeup and pink clothes, their expectations of taking math fell to 4.04. Feminine-looking scientists may seem a rare breed to gender-stereotyping adolescents, and past research suggests that unattainable role models aren't inspiring, they're threatening. #psychology #socialresearch |
| Source: My Fair Physicist? Feminine Math and Science Role Models Demotivate Young Girls |
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