You Can be Whoever You Want, Yet Children Still Associate Science with Men (Draw-a-Scientist) and Education with Women (Draw-a-Teacher)

This study used an adaptation of the Draw-A-Scientist Test and examined gender stereotypes through crayon drawings of a doctor, nurse, teacher, and scientist among school-aged children (N=103, 7-15 years old). Results reveal gender stereotypes (scientists are male; nurses/teachers are female), with older children responding to sociocultural changes (nurses/teachers are male).