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> [A member of my family, who shall remain nameless, refers to all newborns as ‘blobs’.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cordelia-fine/a-member-of-my-family-who-shall-remain-nameless-refers-to-all/)

[Cordelia Fine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cordelia-fine/)

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## More by Cordelia Fine

> [“Some day, I must ask him what it's like to be married to someone who, eyes narrowed in thought, peers at him over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cordelia-fine/some-day-i-must-ask-him-what-it-s-like-to-be-married-to-someone-who/)

[Cordelia Fine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cordelia-fine/)

> [A member of my family, who shall remain nameless, refers to all newborns as ‘blobs’.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cordelia-fine/a-member-of-my-family-who-shall-remain-nameless-refers-to-all/)

[Cordelia Fine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cordelia-fine/)

> [Although self-reported endorsement of sexist attitudes didn’t predict hiring bias, self-reported objectivity in decision making did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cordelia-fine/although-self-reported-endorsement-of-sexist-attitudes-didn-t-predict/)

[Cordelia Fine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cordelia-fine/)

> [“While parenthood served as no disadvantage at all to men, there was evidence of a substantial "motherhood penalty". Mothers received only half as many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cordelia-fine/while-parenthood-served-as-no-disadvantage-at-all-to-men-there-was/)

[Cordelia Fine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cordelia-fine/)

> [“As it happens, there’s a way of presenting data, called the funnel plot, that indicates whether or not the scientific literature is biased in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cordelia-fine/as-it-happens-there-s-a-way-of-presenting-data-called-the-funnel-plot/)

[Cordelia Fine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cordelia-fine/)

> [Both women and computer science are the losers when a geeky stereotype serves as an unnecessary gatekeeper to the profession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cordelia-fine/both-women-and-computer-science-are-the-losers-when-a-geeky/)

[Cordelia Fine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cordelia-fine/)

> [“As Harvard University psychologist Mahzarin Banaji puts it, there is no “bright line separating self from culture,” and the culture in which we develop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cordelia-fine/as-harvard-university-psychologist-mahzarin-banaji-puts-it-there-is/)

[Cordelia Fine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cordelia-fine/)

> [“My husband would probably like you to know that, for the sake of my research for this chapter, he has had to put up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cordelia-fine/my-husband-would-probably-like-you-to-know-that-for-the-sake-of-my/)

[Cordelia Fine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cordelia-fine/)

> [“University of Otago social historian Hera Cook provides a beautiful illustration of exactly this point in her rich account of the sexual revolution.49 Cook…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cordelia-fine/university-of-otago-social-historian-hera-cook-provides-a-beautiful/)

[Cordelia Fine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cordelia-fine/)

> [“Here’s another example that some overworked mothers might find inspiring. We saw in Chapter 2 that being the one who produces the sperm doesn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cordelia-fine/here-s-another-example-that-some-overworked-mothers-might-find/)

[Cordelia Fine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cordelia-fine/)

> [“In other words, both the descriptive (‘women are gentle’) and the prescriptive (‘women should be gentle’) elements of gender stereotypes create a problem for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cordelia-fine/in-other-words-both-the-descriptive-women-are-gentle-and-the/)

[Cordelia Fine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cordelia-fine/)

> [“Our minds, society and neurosexism create difference. Together, they wire gender. But the wiring is soft, not hard. It is flexible, malleable and changeable.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cordelia-fine/our-minds-society-and-neurosexism-create-difference-together-they/)

[Cordelia Fine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cordelia-fine/)

> [“The tape measures and weighing scales of the Victorian brain scientists have been supplanted by powerful neuroimaging technologies, but there is still a lesson…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cordelia-fine/the-tape-measures-and-weighing-scales-of-the-victorian-brain/)

[Cordelia Fine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cordelia-fine/)

> [“When women display the necessary confidence in their skills and comfort with power, they run the risk of being regarded as ‘competent but cold’:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cordelia-fine/when-women-display-the-necessary-confidence-in-their-skills-and/)

[Cordelia Fine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cordelia-fine/)

> [“With a particular person in mind, or in anticipation of interacting with them, self-conception adjusts to create a shared reality. This means that when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cordelia-fine/with-a-particular-person-in-mind-or-in-anticipation-of-interacting/)

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