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 . Gender and Education:

• Women are entering higher education at higher rates than men but tend to earn degrees in less prestigious fields, like social sciences and humanities.

• Despite higher educational attainment, women still earn less than men in comparable positions.

• In specific professions, such as medicine, women often concentrate in lower-paying specialties.

Interesting Point: The impact of female teachers’ math anxiety on girls’ performance in math.

• Question: How can educational systems address and mitigate the transfer of math anxiety from female teachers to female students?

2. Sexism and Essentialism:

• Sexism encompasses various beliefs, including the superiority of one sex over others and the idea that men and women should have distinct societal roles.

• Many people hold essentialist beliefs, which assume fixed characteristics based on sex.

Interesting Point: The discrepancy between public willingness to vote for a female candidate and underlying sexist attitudes.

• Question: What methods can researchers use to more accurately gauge public attitudes toward female leadership?

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