Gender stereotypes about intellectual ability in Japanese children

Abstract Japan has a large gender gap; thus, this study examined whether Japanese 4- to 7-year-old children exhibit a “brilliance = males” stereotype and whether parental attitudes toward gender roles were related to children’s stereotypes. We also explored whether the children exhibited such stereo...

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Main Authors: Mako Okanda, Xianwei Meng, Yasuhiro Kanakogi, Moe Uragami, Hiroki Yamamoto, Yusuke Moriguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20815-2