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Masculinity in the public image of physics and mathematics: a new model comparing Japan and England
Public Understanding of Science ( IF 3.702 ) Pub Date : 2021-03-23 , DOI: 10.1177/09636625211002375
Yuko Ikkatai 1 , Atsushi Inoue 2 , Azusa Minamizaki 3 , Kei Kano 4 , Euan McKay 5 , Hiromi M Yokoyama 1
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Women are a minority in science, technology, engineering and mathematics academic careers. In particular, few women in Japan choose to study physics and mathematics. In this study, we investigated the factors contributing to the masculine image of physics and mathematics based on the framework of our expanded model. We conducted online questionnaire surveys in Japan and England, and found that physics and mathematics occupations, and mathematical stereotypes were both related to a masculine image. Only in Japan were social factors, such as a person’s attitude to intellectual women, related to viewing mathematics as ‘masculine’. However, the experience of being told or having heard that the choice of a particular course of studies would make someone less attractive to the opposite sex was evident only in England. This finding suggests that social factors affect the masculine image of physics and mathematics, and that this could vary depending on the country.



中文翻译:

物理和数学公众形象中的阳刚之气:比较日本和英国的新模式

在科学、技术、工程和数学学术职业中,女性是少数。特别是日本很少有女性选择学习物理和数学。在这项研究中,我们基于我们扩展模型的框架,研究了影响物理和数学男性形象的因素。我们在日本和英国进行了在线问卷调查,发现物理和数学职业以及数学刻板印象都与男性形象有关。只有在日本,社会因素,例如一个人对知识女性的态度,与将数学视为“男性化”有关。然而,被告知或听说选择特定的学习课程会使某人对异性的吸引力降低,这种经历仅在英格兰很明显。

更新日期:2021-03-24
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