In our April meeting, someone brought to our attention that Harvard has a website dedicated to implicit association tests (IAT). The Gender – Science IAT was discussed as part of the Why So Few? report.
I recently took the test, which can be found here. The results of my test follow:
Your data suggest a moderate association of Male with Science and Female with Liberal Arts compared to Female with Science and Male with Liberal Arts.
I found my results slightly confusing. Even though I wrote my first short story at the age of 4 and have always loved reading, the liberal arts was not my first career path. In fact, the first career paths I chose as a child were (in order and also starting around the age of 4): Astronaut, Mission Control person, Veterinarian, something else regarding animals and Attorney (with possibility of running for Judge or moving to another political office).
I now invite you to take the test and post a comment with your results.
