Challenging Myths

There are many myths that impact on women and girls' participation in STEM, such as 'Girls are just not as good at STEM as boys' and 'girls don't like STEM as much as boys do'. Unless we challenge these stereotypes women will continue to avoid STEM careers.

Here are some resources to help you challenge the myths and stereotypes:

• Busting Myths about Women in STEM Australia's Chief Scientist
• A Chemical Imbalance University of Edinburgh
• C'mon girls, let's program a better tech industry The Conversation
• Girls do science too STEMettes
• The gender myth and science: Our response at sc@m Australian science
• Top 5 myths about girls, math and science Live Science
• Unsupported assumptions have no place in scientific research, so why should they be tolerated when judging the talents and motivations of women in science? Nature Magazine editorial