Subconscious Gender Biases

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Subconscious gender biases can influence women’s perceptions of themselves, their potential, and their abilities. Negative stereotypes of women’s abilities in math can be diffused into preschool and elementary girls’ minds by their parents and teachers (Gunderson, Ramirez, Levine, Beilock, 2011). It is important to examine these gender-biased underpinnings in order to be able to support women in modern day society without undermining their own self-concept. Stereotype threat may diminish a woman’s confidence in her own abilities and may affect willingness to accept help. Gunderson et al. (2011) also raised the issue of disconnect between similar math achievement test scores between boys and girls and the lack of representation of girls in math

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