“You Don’t Seem like That Kind of Person”: A Basic Inductive Study of the Influence of Gender Stereotype on Female Students’ Choices of Majors

This qualitative study is to address gender stereotype's influence female students’ choices of majors using basic inductive methodology.Two common themes were found regarding two groups of female students (i.e. high stigma consciousness group and low stigma consciousness group). Discussions and recommendations were made according to the findings.