Edutopia – Staff Writer
“A 1970s-era study found that, when asked to draw a scientist, boys and girls drew males an astonishing 99.4 percent of the time. Looking at roughly 5,000 drawings collected between 1966 and 1977, researchers determined that “only 28 were of female scientists,” as Edutopia reported in “50 Years of Children Drawing Scientists.” But in the ensuing decades, according to a meta-analysis published in 2018, that trend witnessed a dramatic reversal, driven by broad changes in our cultural expectations around gender and in the way we educate girls.” (more)