The Myth of Gendered Genius

<p>If I asked you to close your eyes and picture a genius, who would you see? A scraggly-haired scientist in a lab? A tech guru like Steve Jobs, or a rule-breaking, superhero inventor like Tony Stark? One way or another, it would probably be a man.</p> <p>This is hardly surprising. In popular culture, genius, and particularly scientific genius, tends to be seen as a male trait. From Sheldon Cooper to &ldquo;Doc&rdquo; Emmett Brown, almost&nbsp;<a href="https://seejane.org/research-informs-empowers/portray-her/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">two-thirds</a>&nbsp;of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) characters in TV and movies are men (and 80% are white). They&rsquo;re the guys who blow up the asteroid, fix your flux capacitor, or explain that unicorn, cinnamon swirl neutrinos are going to ruin your day.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@helen.l.johnson7/the-myth-of-gendered-genius-454f137c20e1"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>