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Study: Women aren't becoming engineers because of confidence issues

Women are less likely than men to stay in engineering majors and to become engineers because they want to have families and are more insecure about their math abilities, right? Not necessarily, suggests a new study in the ...

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created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Reading the look of love

How fast you can judge whether a person of the opposite sex is looking at you depends on how masculine or feminine they look, according to a new study. The researchers speculate that there may be an evolutionary advantage ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 28, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (20) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Female supervisors more susceptible to workplace sexual harassment

Women who hold supervisory positions are more likely to be sexually harassed at work, according to the first-ever, large-scale longitudinal study to examine workplace power, gender and sexual harassment.

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created Aug 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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My fair physicist? Feminine math, science role models do not motivate girls

(Phys.org) -- Women who excel in male-dominated science, technology, engineering and mathematic fields are often unjustly stereotyped as unfeminine.

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created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Science career 'not for me' say many 10 year olds

Children as young as ten already see a career in science as ‘not for me’. Despite the majority of children enjoying the subject at school and viewing scientists positively, fewer than 17 per cent ...

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created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Research to analyze the images of women in Roman mosaics

Research coordinated by Carlos III University in Madrid analyzes the images of women in Roman mosaics and their impact on the collective consciousness of feminine stereotypes. In many cases, the research concludes, ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Role of gender in workplace negotiations

A study conducted by Columbia Business School Professor Michael Morris, Chavkin-Chang Professor of Leadership, and Emily Amanatullah, now an Assistant Professor of Management at McCombs School of Business of the University ...

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created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Empowerment, self-defense motivating factors for texas women to hold concealed handgun licenses

Texas women who hold concealed handgun licenses (CHLs) are motivated to do so by feelings of empowerment and a need for self-defense, according to new research to be presented at the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological ...

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created Aug 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Women's quest for romance conflicts with scientific pursuits, study finds

Four new studies by researchers at the University at Buffalo have found that when a woman's goal is to be romantically desirable, she distances herself from academic majors and activities related to science, technology, engineering ...

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created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Do women have what it takes?

So much has changed since 1963, when Betty Friedan's influential "The Feminine Mystique" provoked a national discussion about the deep dissatisfaction women were feeling about the limitations of their lives. Many women came ...

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created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

On Darwin and gender

In 1864, German naturalist Ernst Haeckel wrote to naturalist Charles Darwin, promising to send some marine shells that displayed “a detailed representation of the Rhizopod organism.” But for the ...

Biology / Evolution

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Employment ads perpetuate traditional gender roles, study finds

Recent graduates browsing job announcements may not be conscious of it, but employment ads can signal whether a job is typically held by men or women, according to researchers at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, ...

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created May 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

I like your face -- but why? A new computer model pinpoints the reasons

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether you're dating, job seeking, or running for office, an attractive face can get you far. But what makes a face attractive? Most studies have found we’re drawn to “average” faces, as well ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast


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