“…In these disciplines, women not only face significant glass ceilings that make it difficult for them to move up the academic ladder (ONU Mujeres, 2019), but they also face horizontal segregation due to low female representation in these scientific disciplines, where only 35% of the total enrollment in STEM undergraduate programs define themselves as women (UNESCO, 2018). The persistence of vertical (or glass ceiling) and horizontal segregation, both at the educational and occupational level, contribute to reproducing the gendered stereotypes present in science, strengthening the idea that men are better in hard science or engineering discipline fields and women are innately talented with soft skills, expression, and caring for others (Tiedemann, 2002;McGuire et al, 2020;Galvan et al, 2021;Filandri et al, 2023). This aspect is relevant because experts show that women have qualities that can be vital for success in STEM disciplines.…”