Many children still believe ‘nurses are always women’ — how to fight job stereotypes

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Children are still heavily influenced by gender stereotypes when it comes to the world of work — and what is considered a ‘man’s job’, compared to a woman’s, it turns out.

New research by CPD London found that 45% of five to 11-year-olds believe that nurses are always women — and 22% think doctors are likely to be men. While 60% think that being a plumber or electrician is a man’s job — and almost half of the boys and girls surveyed said that men make better engineers.