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Sad teenage girl, with two cheerleaders whispering behind her back

I’m an engineer, not a cheerleader. Let’s abandon silly rules about gender roles.

Source: The Washington Post

In this article, 17-year-old science student Sara Sakowitz shares her experience being a girl who loves science.

This entry was posted in Gender Roles and tagged Culture & Society, Opinion, People, Science & Nature, Technology on December 1, 2022 by Hilary Woods.

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