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Sure: http://www.girlscouts.org/research/publications/stem/generat...

"Nearly half(47%) of all girls say thatthey would feel uncomfortable being the only girl in a group or class. 57% of all girls say that if they went into a STEM career,they’d have to work harder than a man just to be taken seriously"

Or http://ilabs.uw.edu/sites/default/files/Cheryan_Meltzoff_Kim...

"Statistical analyses indicated that gender disparities in interest and anticipated success in the stereotypically designed classroom were mediated by women’s lower sense of belonging in that environment."

Next time, do your own homework.




Note that if fewer women participate in STEM fields for any reason at all, they will report lower feelings of belonging as a result.




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