Teachers and schoolkids are in the classroom. Music is playing on the background. School bell is ringing.
TEACHER 1: This afternoon we're going to draw people doing different jobs. And the first job we're going to draw is a firefighter.
TEACHER 2: Have a think in your head what a firefighter looks like.
Schoolkids are drawing a firefighter. They show their pictures.
TEACHER 3: What's your firefighter called?
GIRL 1: Mine's called Firefighter Gary.
BOY 1: Firefighter dad, firefighter son.
GIRL 2: He's big and strong.
GIRL 4: He's got a big helmet on.
TEACHER 2: That's brilliant, isn't it?
TEACHER 1: Next we're going to draw a surgeon.
Schoolkids show their drawings of a surgeon.
TEACHER 2: Have you thought of a name for your surgeon?
BOY 1: Jim Bob.
TEACHER 2: Jim Bob.
BOY 2: He's a brain surgeon.
GIRL 1: I think he would wear a stethoscope.
BOY 3: He gave you medicine.
TEACHER 2: That's his ambulance.
TEACHER 1: OK, next we're going to draw a fighter pilot.
Schoolkids show their drawings of a fighter pilot.
BOY 1: This is his jet plane. He rescues people.
GIRL 1: He likes to do stunts in the air and stuff.
TEACHER 1: OK, now who would like to meet these people for real?
SCHOOLKIDS (in unison): Yeah. Wow.
A firefighter, a surgeon, and a fighter pilot enter the classroom. The firefighter removes the helmet. The firefighter, the surgeon, and the fighter pilot are women.
GIRL 1: They're dressed up.
TOWNSEND: My name's Townsend, and I'm a surgeon in the NHS.
LAUREN: My name's Lauren, and I'm a pilot in the Royal Air Force.
LUCY: My name's Lucy. I'm a firefighter in the London Fire Brigade.
There is a text on the screen that states that gender stereotypes are defined between 5 and 7 years of age.
TOWNSEND: So who wants to learn how to do an operation?
Women offer schoolkids to wear their uniforms.
TOWNSEND: And try my stethoscope?
LAUREN: We'll put this in here. There you go. Now you're a proper fighter pilot.
TOWNSEND: Stick it into your ears. Can you hear that? That's really good.
There is a text on the screen that states that 61 pictures were drawn as men. 5 were drawn as women.
Video prepared by Education and Employers Taskforce and MullenLowe London.