European countries have women in major positions of power, reflecting social changes and the development of equal opportunities. The schools, though, still continue to present stereotypic roles for women and men. Most European languages also have more gender markings than English, and gender stereotypes are reinforced by class stereotypes in…

Reports results of an impressions formation test and survey of elementary and junior high school students. Indicates that younger students viewed technical fields favorably for either sex, whereas older students viewed the fields negatively for girls. Attributes a decline in interest among adolescent girls in computers in part to the normative…

Essays that consider the way that women are portrayed in foreign language textbooks are presented. The selected essays were submitted to a competition sponsored by the Federation Internationale des Professeurs de Langues Vivantes, which requested that language teachers assess such concerns as: (1) whether women were described in a stereotyped way;…