We Must Smash the Barriers Between Boys' and Girls' Jobs

Western MailAugust 18, 2010

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LITTLE girls taking charge of the Wendy house, playing with dolls or pretending to be nurses while their little brothers concentrate on fixing things like Bob the Builder, is a common picture that many parents will recognise.

Where is the harm in that you might ask? Girls will be girls, and boys will be boys.

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We Must Smash the Barriers Between Boys' and Girls' Jobs

But the fact is that in the overwhelming majority of cases girls go on to do "women's work" while their male peers end up in male- dominated industries.

Research shows that these career paths are often determined from a young age as social attitudes, both e...

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