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    Challenging Implicit Gender Bias in Science: Positive representations of female scientists in fiction

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    Authors
    Merrick, Helen
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Merrick, H. 2012. Challenging Implicit Gender Bias in Science: Positive representations of female scientists in fiction. Journal of Community Positive Practices. 12: pp. 744-768.
    Source Title
    Journal of Community Positive Practices
    Additional URLs
    https://doaj.org/toc/2247-6571/12
    ISSN
    1582-8344
    School
    Department of Internet Studies
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15104
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Despite decades of research and affirmative action, women continue to be under-represented in the sciences. Cultural assumptions and stereotypes are a key factor impacting women’s entry into and retention in the sciences, indicating the need for improved role models for girls in science education. This paper reviews the critical research on Media representations of female scientists, and argues that more positive role models are found in fiction. This research examines the kind of cultural work such representations might perform, analysing a diverse sample of texts from 1905 to the present. These images of female scientists provide numerous examples of positive, non-traditional role models, examples of egalitarian scientific cultures, and critiques of contemporary science. Informed by this analysis, the article considers how these representations might be used to challenge stereotypical assumptions concerning women’s role in the sciences.

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