Can someone please help with the phrase below?
"Moreover, gendered socialization exerts a comparable impact cross-culturally even on judgments of personal efficacy for the same activities performed in different contexts. Women both in the United States and Japan have a high sense of efficacy for quantitative activities embedded in stereotypically feminine activities, but low perceived self-efficacy when these same quantitative activities are embedded in scientific pursuits".
Please explain what this means and provide an illustration that links the comment to sexism as a broader issue. You may draw upon or refer to other articles from Modules 1-3 if desired. (no direct quotes)