Lipstick and Labcoats: Undergraduate Women's Gender Negotiation in STEM Fields

Autor/in	Goldman, Emily Grey
Titel	Lipstick and Labcoats: Undergraduate Women's Gender Negotiation in STEM Fields
Quelle	In: NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education, 5 (2012) 2, S.115-140 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1940-7882
DOI	10.1515/njawhe-2012-1098
Schlagwörter	Females; Majors (Students); STEM Education; Student Attitudes; Undergraduate Students; Student Experience; College Environment; Gender Issues; Womens Education; Sex Stereotypes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; STEM; Schülerverhalten; Studienerfahrung; Hochschulumwelt; Geschlechterfrage; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung
Abstract	Although women have made significant progress in the work force and in education, gender gaps still exist in many industries and occupations, including science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. This research aimed to understand how undergraduate women negotiate gender within STEM fields, looking specifically at these women's experiences related to gender as they pursue STEM academic majors. The findings of the study suggest that (a) undergraduate women are constantly negotiating gender as they are pursuing STEM majors, (b) undergraduate women in STEM fields are not necessarily conscious of gender and its potential impact on their experiences, and (c) the women in the study perceived a certain image of what a woman in a STEM field was expected to look like and how she was expected to behave. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10