Why do you think of nurses as women and firefighters as men?
![British firefighters at Cowcaddens station in Glasgow begin their strike, November 13, 2002. Firefighters began a 48-hour strike for more pay at 1800 GMT on Wednesday for the first time in a quarter of a century but promised emergency cover in the event of a catastrophic incident as Britain goes on heightened terror alert in the run-up to [Christmas]. - RTXLMLZ](https://assets.weforum.org/article/image/large_Qp3bCLla75bfWibRoybmf0PnVaTRL2BHCuT9f8f06l4.jpg)
A new study has focused on job stereotyping as well as gender stereotyping. Image: Jeff J Mitchell
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