On October 2019, 10, the Girl Scouts of Japan, a public interest incorporated association, released a research report on gender bias felt by high school girls.
The Girl Scouts of Japan is a group of 15-19 year olds nationwide to clarify when and how girls experience gender stereotyped information and how they are affected in the field of education. We conducted a survey of high school girls. (Implemented from March 2019 to April 3, 23, 4 respondents).Based on this survey, we released "High School Girls Survey Report on" Gender "21" on October 524th, International Day of the Girl.
In the "Advancement and Gender Bias" section of the report, we surveyed girls' "four-year college admission rate" and "major science major". When asked if girls had ever been told that they didn't have to go to a four-year college, 4% said they had never been told, and that girls couldn't do math or science. When asked if they had been told "good", 4% answered "never said".
On the other hand, according to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's "School Basic Survey", the rate of enrollment in 4-year colleges for girls is 50.7%, which is 6.8 points lower than that for men, and the percentage of female students by faculty is 28% for science and 15 for engineering. As low as% is reported.When asked what they think about the reason why there is a difference between real-life experience and the current state of society, it may be that "the image of a woman going to a junior college" and "there are many girls in the junior college department because they are welfare students." "No" "Old-fashioned ideas are rooted, there are stereotypes" "Maybe I want to work as soon as possible considering marriage and childbirth" "Most of the mathematics and science teachers are male images" "Science and mathematics is male Opinions such as "there is a stereotype that it is academic" and "it is difficult to understand the work contents of women who actually major in science and mathematics" were mentioned.
In addition, although it was rare to be told negatively about going to a four-year university or majoring in science and mathematics because it was a female, some of them were "told" by "school teachers," "parents," and "grandparents." There were also high school girls who answered.
International Day of the Girl was adopted by the United Nations in 2011 and began in 2012 with the aim of protecting the human rights of girls and promoting education and empowerment.Recognizing the situation of girls around the world, empowering them to lead a happy life and taking action to solve the challenges they face. It is a day to recognize the necessity.
