Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Relations and Social Sciences (ICPRSS 2021)

What Constrains Your Choice?

A Quantitative Research on the Impact of Gender Stereotypes on Major Selection

Authors
Jieying Peng, Yifan Wang, Runqiu Wu, Mengyao Yuan
Corresponding Authors
Jieying Peng, Yifan Wang, Runqiu Wu, Mengyao Yuan
Available Online 21 October 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211020.125How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Gender Stereotypes, Major Selection, Gender Role, Implicit Theories
Abstract

This paper explored the impact of gender stereotypes on Chinese high school students’ and college students’ professional choices. The quantitative study used a questionnaire in Wenjuanxing and collected 316 valid responses to identify what kinds of factors will affect students to determine their specialized subject. To a certain extent, the characteristics involved in the survey do partially confirm that gender stereotypes will influence students’ professional choices, but the effect is more implicit. Male and female students have different attitudes towards gender stereotypes. Major choice has little to do with Occupational gender stereotypes, mainly due to the traditional gender role. All findings offer an insight into the elements affecting students’ decisions on major selection, a solidification of traditional gender role recognition, and a lack of gender equality education in the high school stage.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Relations and Social Sciences (ICPRSS 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
21 October 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-440-7
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211020.125How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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