For this episode, we'll be looking why there aren't more girls and women in the natural science, what the problems are and what can be done about it. Such a short and simple problem! /s
*It's said on the podcast that the effect size was 0.23, it's in fact 0.26. We don't think this changes much!
The meta-analysis about the gender dimension of vocational interests is here:
Su, Rong, James Rounds, and Patrick Ian Armstrong. "Men and things, women and people: a meta-analysis of sex differences in interests." Psychological bulletin 135.6 (2009): 859.
The New Scientist article is here.
And the RSC report on retention of women in chemistry is here.
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