A UK-based education charity, Inspiring The Future, has produced a telling video that demonstrates how young children have gendered preconceptions about their future career paths.
The film is part of the organisation's "Redraw the Balance" initiative, which seeks to highlight the young age at which gender stereotypes are formed.
In the video, the charity group visits a classroom of primary school children and asks the pupils to draw a firefighter, a surgeon and a fighter pilot; 61 of the resulting pictures depict men, while just five show women.
Afterwards, a female representative from each of the three professions is seen entering the classroom -- to the evident surprise of the young students.
The group hopes to prompt a discussion that will "help broaden the aspirations and interests of children about jobs and careers".
Topics Gender
