“Unlike men in the same position, women leaders have to continue to walk the fine line between appearing incompetent and nice and competent but cold. Experimental studies find that, unlike men, when they try to negotiate greater compensation they are… — Cordelia Fine Copy Share Image
“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… — Cordelia Fine Copy Share Image
A member of my family, who shall remain nameless, refers to all newborns as ‘blobs’. — Cordelia Fine Copy Share Image
Although self-reported endorsement of sexist attitudes didn’t predict hiring bias, self-reported objectivity in decision making did. — Cordelia Fine Copy Share Image
“While parenthood served as no disadvantage at all to men, there was evidence of a substantial "motherhood penalty". Mothers received only half as many… — Cordelia Fine Copy Share Image
“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… — Cordelia Fine Copy Share Image
Both women and computer science are the losers when a geeky stereotype serves as an unnecessary gatekeeper to the profession. — Cordelia Fine Copy Share Image
“As Harvard University psychologist Mahzarin Banaji puts it, there is no “bright line separating self from culture,” and the culture in which we develop… — Cordelia Fine Copy Share Image
“My husband would probably like you to know that, for the sake of my research for this chapter, he has had to put up… — Cordelia Fine Copy Share Image
“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… — Cordelia Fine Copy Share Image
“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… — Cordelia Fine Copy Share Image
“In other words, both the descriptive (‘women are gentle’) and the prescriptive (‘women should be gentle’) elements of gender stereotypes create a problem for… — Cordelia Fine Copy Share Image
“Our minds, society and neurosexism create difference. Together, they wire gender. But the wiring is soft, not hard. It is flexible, malleable and changeable.… — Cordelia Fine Copy Share Image
“The tape measures and weighing scales of the Victorian brain scientists have been supplanted by powerful neuroimaging technologies, but there is still a lesson… — Cordelia Fine Copy Share Image
“When women display the necessary confidence in their skills and comfort with power, they run the risk of being regarded as ‘competent but cold’:… — Cordelia Fine Copy Share Image
“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… — Cordelia Fine Copy Share Image
![“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 their perception of you is stereotypical, your own mind follows suit. For example, [Princeton University psychologist Stacey] Sinclair manipulated…” quote by Cordelia Fine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fc7/cordelia-fine-22225_gender-studies_with-a-particular-person-in-mind-or-in-a_1949604.jpg)