The stereotype of the female secretary who hikes up her skirt to get a promotion is as pervasive as the powerful male boss who makes passes at his underlings. But a new study upends both tropes with evidence that it's actually ...
Social Sciences
Sep 12, 2022
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Women continue to be underrepresented in leadership roles, a dilemma a new study suggests could be helped by eliminating self-nomination from competitive selection processes.
Social Sciences
Oct 11, 2021
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A paper published today in the journal Nature Energy identifies five ways that people of high socioeconomic status have a disproportionate impact on global greenhouse gas emissions—and therefore an outsized responsibility ...
Environment
Sep 30, 2021
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Women remain underrepresented at the most senior position of international medical journals, finds a new study investigating the gender distribution of editors-in-chief across 41 journal specialities.
Social Sciences
Sep 9, 2021
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When it comes to sexual attraction, women rate age, education, intelligence, income, trust, and emotion connection higher than men who put a greater priority on attractiveness and physical build says new research from QUT.
Social Sciences
May 19, 2021
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COVID-19 and America's response to it are likely to profoundly affect our families, work lives, relationships and gender roles for years, say 12 prominent scientists and authors who analyzed 90 research studies and used their ...
Social Sciences
Oct 23, 2020
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Role models are important for aspiring scientists, but new research suggests that scientists who are known for their hard work—like Thomas Edison—are more motivating than scientists who are viewed as naturally brilliant, ...
Social Sciences
Mar 11, 2020
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Researchers have identified six corporate actions that, combined with effective public policy and improved governmental regulations, could help large transnational corporations steer environmental stewardship efforts around ...
Environment
Sep 16, 2019
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Women have come a long way in the United States over the last 70 years, to the point where they are now seen as being as competent as men, if not more so, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.
Social Sciences
Jul 18, 2019
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New research from Dr. John Kantner, a University of North Florida professor specializing in anthropological archaeology, suggests that pottery making wasn't a primarily female activity in ancient Puebloan society, as had ...
Archaeology
Jun 4, 2019
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