In a recent international study assessing stereotype biases favouring men as scientists found that such beliefs were pervasive. The research assessed the beliefs of 350,000 participants in 66 countries. Although all countries exhibited this bias, these beliefs were strongest in countries where few women were in science disciplines. However, it is hard to know whether the presence of women diminished the stereotypes, or the less prevalent stereotypes encouraged women to become scientists. Read more.
Thumbnail photo: Barbara McClintock, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1977