Table 1 illustrates the ratings of vocational aspirations by
gender. As seen in the table, boys and girls seem to have
similar aspirations for some vocations, while they show
the opposite tendency for some. For example, medical
doctor is the most-frequently mentioned vocation for girls
(22%) and second most frequently mentioned vocation
for both boys (17%). On the other hand, engineering is
the most frequently mentioned vocation by boys (25%),
and one of the least frequently mentioned by girls (3%).
School teacher appeared to be the second most
frequently mentioned vocation by girls (19%), while it was
one of the least mentioned vocations by boys (4%).
Glancing through the table, in general, except for medical
doctor, which seems to be a non-gender stereotyped
occupation, boys were found to aspire for traditionally-
masculine occupations which are characterized by more
physically active, concrete and practical occupations
(e.g., engineer, sport). On the other hand, girls aspired
for traditionally-female occupations which are charac-
terized by more people-related, artistic and data-based
occupations (e.g. school teacher, medical professions.
and artist).