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Do Superior Abilities Keep Women Out of STEM?
Science: Researchers seeking to explain why women are less likely than men to pursue STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) careers long focused on females’ purported inferior mathematical prowess. But new research suggests a very
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It’s working ‘parents,’ not just mothers
CNN: When Marissa Mayer, the CEO of Yahoo, banned employees from working from home, the media largely framed this as detrimental to women, not men. Mayer’s decision was portrayed as limiting work-life flexibility for mothers
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More Career Options May Explain Why Fewer Women Pursue Jobs in Science and Math
Women may be less likely to pursue careers in science and math because they have more career choices, not because they have less ability, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal
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Who’s more jealous: Men or women?
MSN: In a report for Scientific American, Christine Nicholson explains that when it comes to sex differences in jealousy, it’s not so much about levels as it is types of jealousy: “Studies from around the
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‘Queen Bee’ stereotype in the workplace is a rarity
TODAY: Jing Wang Herman has plenty of experience as the lone female in the office. Currently the CEO for the USA operations of GetTaxi.com, Wang Herman previously racked up eight years on Wall Street, landed on
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Language That Reinforces Inequality
Men solve problems differently than women. Women solve problems differently than men. At first glance, both sentences communicate the same information. But according to a 2012 study published in the European Journal of Social Psychology