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Heimildaskrá
relations affect students’ daily lives and
their choice of field, and they contribute to
an atmosphere that is experienced as dis-
tasteful by many women. This may be dis-
couraging and a hindrance for those who
do not identify with the dominant mascu-
line stereotypes.
Discussion
Emphasis on individual choice, personal
preferences and interest have been used
to explain the low percentage of women
in the male-dominated fields. This type
of explanation ignores social forces that
influence our mindset and actions; hence,
the negative influence of cultural factors
in explaining women’s underrepresenta-
tion continue to be invisible and ignored.
The study has a practical and a theoretical
value. It contributes to our understanding
of the gendered social mechanisms that
reproduce gender bias in the natural sci-
ences.