Minasuk/ March 5, 2016/ Uncategorized

The Frequency of “Brilliant” and “Genius” in Teaching Evaluations Predicts the Representation of Women and African Americans across Fields | PLOS ONE | March 2016 Abstract Women and African Americans—groups targeted by negative stereotypes about their intellectual abilities—may be underrepresented in careers that prize brilliance and genius. A recent nationwide survey of academics provided initial support for this possibility. Fields

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Minasuk/ October 21, 2015/ Uncategorized

Famous quotes, the way a woman would have to say them during a meeting. | Washington Post | October 2015 “Give me liberty, or give me death.”Woman in a Meeting: “Dave, if I could, I could just — I just really feel like if we had liberty it would be terrific, and the alternative would just be awful, you know?

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Minasuk/ July 28, 2015/ Uncategorized

Google Exec: Women, Stop Saying ‘Just’ So Much, You Sound Like Children | Jezebel | July 2015 Just when you finally got a handle on saying “sorry” so much, turns out there’s another detrimental phrase in your lexicon keeping you from being taken seriously as a woman: “Just.” As in, “Just checking in,” and “Just following up,” and “Just wondering

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Minasuk/ July 28, 2015/ Uncategorized

Young women, give up the vocal fry and reclaim your strong female voice | Guardian | July 2015 What’s heartbreaking about the trend for destructive speech patterns is that yours is the most transformational generation – you’re disowning your power.

Minasuk/ May 17, 2015/ Uncategorized

Early men and women were equal, say scientists | Guardian | May 2015 A study shows that modern hunter-gatherer tribes operated on an egalitarian basis, suggesting inequality was an aberration that came with the advent of agriculture.

Minasuk/ April 25, 2015/ Uncategorized

10 Words Every Girl Should Learn | AlterNet | July 2014 Socialized male speech dominance is a significant issue, not just in school.

Minasuk/ April 7, 2015/ Uncategorized

Female Students and Critical Mass in Group Learning | InsideHigherEd | April 2015 Female students – especially in their first year – are more likely to actively participate and less likely to feel anxious if they have the chance to work in small groups that are majority female, according to a new study that will appear in Proceedings of the

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Minasuk/ May 26, 2014/ Uncategorized

The Confidence Gap | The Atlantic | May 2014 Evidence shows that women are less self-assured than men—and that to succeed, confidence matters as much as competence. Here’s why, and what to do about it.