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   OpenSexism (opensexism@mastodon.world)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Sep-2024 04:44:40 JST OpenSexism

   "“We found that children viewed girls as less capable of learning about novel and difficult STEM subjects compared to non-STEM subjects, but they perceived boys as similarly capable of learning both STEM and non-STEM subjects,” the authors write. These results are particularly distressing given that girls and boys perform equally well in science and math classes in elementary and middle school."

   https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2024/09/13/gender-bias-in-stem-may-start-in-kindergarten-study-says/

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     Graydon (graydon@canada.masto.host)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 00:59:28 JST Graydon

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     @OpenSexism Forty mortal years ago it was considered well-established that it starts at birth. People behave very differently towards a boy baby or a girl baby, and attempts to not tell people the gender of the baby sometimes result in violent responses.