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Fri Oct 15

harmful gender stereotypes kick in early — and may be keeping girls away from STEM

Written by: Laura Scholes, Associate Professor and ARC Principal Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University

Patricia Prudente / Unsplash, CC BY-SA

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