The Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies of the National Research Council (CNR-IRPPS) conducted two studies in primary schools in Rome and in secondary schools in Italy that show the presence of a pronounced adherence to stereotyped roles in boys and girls and the attenuation of such conditioning in the transition to adolescence.

The data indicate how gaps and stereotypes are still strongly reproduced within the family and the important role of schools in countering them.

Three graphs are presented below to visualize the results.