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The clichés about women and science are stronger in “egalitarian” countries. How to explain it?
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The clichés about women and science are stronger in egalitarian countries. How to explain it? Second part of our interview with economist Elyès Jouini, head of the Unesco Women and Sciences chair, and Aude Berheim, co-founder of Wax Sciences, an association that fights against stereotypes. Even if girls have on average better academic results than boys, they gradually disappear from scientific paths at each level of orientation of their studies. This observation applies to countries where equality is advocated. Should we conclude from this that girls naturally have less appetite for science? Or are they still subject to injunctions that push them towards literary studies? Study update
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