The word forsake has appeared in 26 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on May 22 in the Opinion essay “The Most Common Graduation Advice Tends to Backfire” by Sapna Cheryan and Therese Anne Mortejo:
But what strikes us, based on this and other research, is that for many young people, passions seem to be based in large part on internalized societal expectations about what is appropriate for their gender rather than complete and accurate information about what, say, studying computer science is really like.
Consider that most U.S. high school students do not take a single computer science, engineering or physics class. And girls are even less likely to take these classes than boys. That means that many girls who forsake these courses are doing so without ever trying them. Even when girls take these classes, research shows that they often encounter negative stereotypes about their abilities and interests — whereas giving girls positive experiences in these fields can increase their interest.
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