Are pink toys to blame for girls' career choices?

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Toy retailers are under pressure to end their "aggressive gender segregation" with pink toys criticised in Parliament for stifling girls' ambition. Just over 80% of "science, research, engineering and technology professionals" are male, according to ONS figures. Only 6% of Engineers are women. In Your Call Nicky asked listeners for their opinion on whether pink toys can influence a woman's career path. In this 90-second summary of the programme, Fiona in Kent talks about running nursery and what she has observed about childrens behaviour, Chi Onwurah spent two decades as an engineer before becoming an MP, Roland Earl is Director General of the British Toy and Hobby Association and Professor Wendy Barclay is the chair of Influenza Virology at Imperial College London.