The gender representation of women and men in the occupational areas of STEM and care work in German textbooks

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-578868
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.57886

Fruehwirth, Bernhard ; Heilemann, Michael ; Stoeger, Heidrun

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Abstract

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations and care work occupations are highly segregated by gender. School textbooks play an essential socializing role in determining which occupations are perceived as typically male or female. Existing research on the gender representation of STEM and care work occupations in textbooks is limited in scope. Therefore, we used ...