Sunday, July 22, 2018

Campus Reform - Lack of women in STEM jobs - Washington University Prof Sapna Cheryan believes bad Barbies are causing little girls to dress up like princesses instead of hydraulic engineers. - Love it that this psychology professor is "director of the UW Stereotypes, Identity, and Belonging Lab." Talk about the inmates running the asylum! --tma






A University of Washington-Seattle professor thinks “geeky” Barbies are the key to overturning the “masculine culture” in STEM disciplines.

Sapna Cheryan, the director of UW's Stereotypes, Identity, and Belonging Lab, believes that "a perceived masculine culture" is the reason for the persistent gender gap in STEM, and that toys can be used to counter that perception. ...