“…We postulate the following two hypotheses to this result: One has to do with the behavior of the professors in classes, as generally, students expect their professors to behave according to their stereotypes ( Anderson and Smith, 2005 ; Kombe et al, 2019 ) and if these expectations are not met, the students may hold the professors accountable in the final evaluations ( Dalmia et al, 2005 ; Kayas et al, 2020 ; Sprague & Massoni, 2005 ). Also, the likability of the professors can have a strong effect on the SET outcomes ( Feistauer and Richter, 2018 ) The second possible explanation is that students may have an ingrained cultural mindset that, despite the equal competencies of men and women, they tend to see a male professor as slightly more recommendable than the female counterpart. Several studies show that gender bias is learned in childhood, and it can be passed on as a belief system through family and school or can be transferred generation after generation through media ( Atwood, 2001 ; Newall et al, 2018 ; Rajan and Morgan, 2018 ; Singh, 2017 ; Shor, van de Rijt and Fotouhi, 2019 ).…”