Masculinity In STEMM

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Most people associate the arts and humanities field with femininity and the field of Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Medicine (STEMM) with masculinity (Hill et al, 2010). Results from the TISME project also suggest most young females perceive STEMM careers as masculine (Archer et al., 2013). The Aspire report (2013) also reported similar findings, where only 12% of Year 8 girls aspired to have a career in STEMM but a staggering 64% of Year 8 girls was interested in an Arts career. Furthermore in a survey of 23,000 12-15 year old girls who wants to study a more “academic subject”, it was found girls are less confidence in their ability than boys, regardless of the difference in their conceptual abilities. Statistics from WISE 2012