Eye-opening
video reveals how
gender stereotypes start young
A UK-based education charity,
Inspiring The Future, has produced a telling
video that demonstrates how
young children have gendered preconceptions about their future career paths.*
The film is part of the organisation's "Redraw the Balance" initiative, which seeks to highlight the
young age at which
gender stereotypes are formed.*
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In the video, the charity group visits a classroom of primary school children and asks the pupils to draw a firefighter, a surgeon and a fighter pilot; 61 of the resulting pictures depict men, while just five show women. *
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