… you’re fuelling my delusions 🥹😅

Thanks so much ☺️☺️

I’ve had 6 years of French in school + my mom is from the French part of Switzerland and I can report: Québécois is a whole different beast 🤣

Shoot me a message so I can share them with you!

I can send you the full articles if you‘re interested ☺️

This makes me so sad. Congrats to your daughter for finishing her MA!

I chose a language class during high-school (past-me thought Latin was a good fit, spoiler: it wasn't), and I got bullied pretty bad among other things for "being a science nerd". Now I have a PhD in Astrophysics...

Exactly this! I grew up sharing all the toys with my little brother, and we just played with all of them in one large "landscape". Who says barbie cannot be part of a race car carpet landscape, right?

Totally agree with everything you just said. I would love to go to first-graders more often. I try speaking to lower grades whenever I can through skypeascientist.com, but it's hard...

*life. Of course, you got that ;)

So in summary, this article really spoke to me. This all starts early, and needs to be "fixed" in the mindset, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't (in fact we absolutely must) fight the gender gap at higher ages too!

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What are your thoughts? 7/7

And let's be frank here. There is a REALLY minuscule part of the population that is born a genius. For the rest of us, it's all hard work. Some things are easier. Some are harder. That's just live. And that's the beauty of it, because we complement each other. 6/x

... the first part: stereotypes. Barbies, legos. The thing from above. If you hear it often enough you will believe that you are not good at something. If someone says you are talented at something, it sounds much more appealing than "if you work hard, you will get there". 5/x

"One possible cause is teachers and parents transmitting the stereotype that boys are better than girls at maths — or that boys’ success is due to talent and girls to hard work, undermining girls’ confidence, the authors write in the paper."

This one stuck with me... 4/x

“But this paper suggests that their experiences with the world are mattering more than anything else.”

It's society. It's what we say to kids. Barbies are for girls? Legos for boys? Girls are not good at maths? It all has an impact on the development of the gender gap. EARLY ON. 3/x

“If we want to stop girls from falling behind, we need to focus on their early experiences at school.”

So yes, while we absolutely HAVE TO address the gender gap in higher levels, e.g. in the academic career from my perspective, this already starts A LOT EARLIER. A positive experience is key! 2/x

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hahahah thank you!! ☺️

thanks so much Marshall! ☺️