In our schools, I think we need to make it much clearer that in the classroom, we have to do less gendering, if you like. We are deterring boys from doing certain subjects. If you look at who's studying English at university, it's massively female. Psychology is another one, which is overwhelmingly female. The messaging that children receive is that there are boys, so just a girls subject. So everywhere you look, you've got to try and eradicate it.
In the latest episode of Nature hits the books, physicist Athene Donald joins us to discuss her book Not just for the boys, why we need more women in science.
We discuss how science has historically excluded women, the barriers to entry and retention that remain prevalent, and what could be done to improve the situation for female scientists today.
Not Just for the Boys: Why We Need More Women in Science, Athene Donald, Oxford University Press (2023)
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