- Biology plays a considerable role in determining the types of jobs we choose. No matter the country/culture, boys/girls tend to aspire for jobs dealing with things/people, respectively. This preference for sex-typical jobs increases as nations experience greater wealth and gender equality. n=473,260 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0261438 7 comments science
- In each country and region, more boys than girls aspired to a things-oriented or STEM occupation and more girls than boys to a people-oriented occupation. These sex differences were larger in countries with a higher level of women’s empowerment. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0261438 662 comments science
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