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Show Notes

In this episode of Pain Points & Pull Requests, Fatimah and Carla discuss how they think about the gender gap in STEM industries. They take a crack at describing the gender gaps, the risks associated with not reducing these gaps and the assumptions on what causes them. Listen to this episode to hear about how you can approach unpacking this exptremely important and relevant issue.

Time Stamps

1:03 Why we chose to talk about the gender gap

4:43 How can we describe the gender gaps in STEM fields

13:47: What are the risks associated with not addressing these gaps

20:00 Our assumptions about what causes the gaps

Our Resources

Gender Differences in STEM prograns at University

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/75-006-x/2013001/article/11874-eng.htm

Quiz to test for implicit bias

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html

The impact of gender stereotypes on Secondary Student’s career aspirations

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2019.00060/full#h8