With Great Power Comes Gender Diversity: STEM Stereotypes and Marvel Superpowers
Authors
Juricevic, IgorIdentifiers
Permanent link (URI): http://hdl.handle.net/10017/56991DOI: https://doi.org/10.37536/reden.2022.4.1839
ISSN: 2695-4168
Date
2022Bibliographic citation
REDEN: revista de estudios norteamericanos, v.4, n.1 (2022), pp. 19-42 . ISSN 2695-4168
Keywords
STEM
Comics
Graphic Novels
Gender
Stereotypes
Document type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Version
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional
Access rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Abstract
Gender representation inequality occurs across various STEM sub-disciplines. For example, the sub-disciplines of computer science and engineering are male-dominant, while psychology and biological sciences are female-dominant. One possible cause of this gender inequality is the STEM professional stereotype; created, in large part, by media portrayals of STEM scientists. Across four studies I analyze the gender representation in portrayals of STEM skills in Marvel comics and their relation to real-world STEM educational outcomes, namely, bachelor’s degrees attained in STEM. Study #1 shows that the portrayals of many STEM skills are gender biased for Marvel characters debuting before 1991. Study #2 shows that this gender bias in Marvel comics correlated with real-world STEM educational outcomes. Study #3 shows that Marvel characters debuting after 2000 show no gender biases in the portrayals of STEM skills. Finally, Study #4 makes predictions of how real-world educational outcomes are expected to change due to the increased gender equality in the portrayal of STEM skills in popular media.
Files in this item
Files | Size | Format |
|
---|---|---|---|
with_juricevic_REDEN2_2022_ ... | 8.579Mb |
|
Files | Size | Format |
|
---|---|---|---|
with_juricevic_REDEN2_2022_ ... | 8.579Mb |
|