In some schools and universities, girls tend to choose art subjects (e.g. literature), and boys tend to choose science subjects (e.g. physics). Why do you think this is so? Should this tendency be changed?

It is sometimes argued that at different educational levels,

girls

prefer to

study

art subjects,

while

boys

prefer to

study

science majors.

Although

there are several reasons for that, I believe social

stigma

plays the main role in it, and we must help children to get over

this

stigma

. There are a variety of reasons for the difference between

boys

and

girls

in their preferred area of

study

.

Firstly

, It should be noted that in our

society

,

boys

are more encouraged to follow science,

whereas

girls

are expected to show interest in art.

In addition

, most teenagers and young adults are obsessed with

society

's acceptance, and it might, unconsciously, lead them to become the ones whom

society

expects them to be.

Secondly

, there is a social

stigma

about

girls

' weakness in scientific areas,

such

as math, and artistic majors are still known as feminine ones, which might make

boys

think that they are not supposed to

study

them.

This

preference for a particular

study

area has many disadvantages for

society

.

For instance

, if Maryam Mirzakhani, a Persian winner of the Fields medal, was not interested in scientific majors, some mathematics problems would not have been solved. Having that in mind, we should consider that we are not able to change children's or students' willingness to

study

a specific major.

However

, we are able to change their way of thinking about themselves, by showing them successful people who have not followed

this

cliche.

To conclude

, I restate that, in my opinion, social

stigma

about gender differences is the main reason for the problem mentioned in the question, and I suggest that children and students should try to overcome it, and we should make some plans to facilitate that.