Gender stereotypes are affecting girls as early as age six, according to a new study.

Gender stereotypes are affecting girls as early as age six, according to a new study. Working with five-seven-year-olds in the U.S., researchers told children elaborate stories about brilliant people and then had them guess who they were talking about through cards that pictured both genders. Five-year-olds were more likely to choose a person that matched their own gender, but a ‘divide emerged’ among the older children, starting at age six: girls were significant less likely to choose a woman as the brilliant person than boys were to choose a man. (Mashable)