Kathryn E. Chaffee
@chaffeepsych.bsky.social
Postdoc in Education @ UQAM, Ph.D in Psychology, studying how gender stereotypes in school also affect boys. she/her. On the academic job market!
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September 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Girls and boys in our sample aspired to jobs of equally high salary, but girls were interested in more prestigious and higher-educated careers.
Girls were also more likely to enroll in university-track postsecondary programs (as opposed to vocational or technical programs) than boys.
Girls were also more likely to enroll in university-track postsecondary programs (as opposed to vocational or technical programs) than boys.
August 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Girls and boys in our sample aspired to jobs of equally high salary, but girls were interested in more prestigious and higher-educated careers.
Girls were also more likely to enroll in university-track postsecondary programs (as opposed to vocational or technical programs) than boys.
Girls were also more likely to enroll in university-track postsecondary programs (as opposed to vocational or technical programs) than boys.
Girls interested in STEM careers tended to be interested in either careers in medicine, or careers specifically in women-majority STEM fields like pharmacy or psychology.
August 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Girls interested in STEM careers tended to be interested in either careers in medicine, or careers specifically in women-majority STEM fields like pharmacy or psychology.
As expected, high school boys were more interested in gender-stereotypical careers than girls were.
And, interest in heavily men-dominated blue-collar jobs was associated with stereotypes advantaging girls in language arts, and with beliefs that men should avoid femininity.
And, interest in heavily men-dominated blue-collar jobs was associated with stereotypes advantaging girls in language arts, and with beliefs that men should avoid femininity.
August 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
As expected, high school boys were more interested in gender-stereotypical careers than girls were.
And, interest in heavily men-dominated blue-collar jobs was associated with stereotypes advantaging girls in language arts, and with beliefs that men should avoid femininity.
And, interest in heavily men-dominated blue-collar jobs was associated with stereotypes advantaging girls in language arts, and with beliefs that men should avoid femininity.