Researchers from Rutgers University gave a short chemistry exam to local 9th and 10th graders—29 male and 52 female. The students read three pages of a chemistry text and then took the test on the material. All the texts were the same, but they were illustrated differently. One third of the students saw pictures in which everyone was a man. For another, there were only women in the illustrations. And a third group had a text with pictures of both male and female chemists.
Girls who read the text with all-female pictures scored a great deal better than girls who got other versions. In fact, girls who saw only women chemists in their text scored better than boys. Boys did best with the all-male images, though not by much. And mixed-gender images didn’t alter the usual gender gap.
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what I thought I asked for
a better representation of the item
for our anniversary, my husband got me exactly what I wanted!
unfortunately, what I wanted and what arrived were two different things. even though it was the exact item I picked out online. this is the second time a lack of scale has gotten the better of me. I may have finally learned my lesson and will no longer pick out jewelry online.
unfortunately I could only find a bad resolution image of the gold version of the watch I wanted, but what is important is that it looks dainty.
what arrived could be used to bludgeon people to death. i.e. not dainty. in fact, the exact opposite. it’s a man’s watch with the words “sweetie pie” on a sparkly sliver and pink background. honestly, I’m not even sure it would appeal to my gays.
The N in ESPN looks like Boba Fett.
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