While it is generally considered that the development of a child's gender identity crystallises around the age of seven (Boyd and Bee, 2015), studies suggest that the construction of gender identity is dynamic and can be reorganised during the child's further development (Mieeya and Rouyer, 2013). In any case, most college students will already have internalised many of the characteristics, attitudes and behaviours traditionally associated with their gender through gendered socialisation (SCF, 2018). Gender stereotypes mark gender differences, and these differences are more apparent among students who are considered “at risk” in terms of their schooling (Roy, Bouchard and Turcotte, 2012a, p. 34).

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