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S Banchefsky, J Westfall, B Park, CM Judd - Sex Roles, 2016 - Springer

But you don't look like a scientist!: Women scientists with feminine appearance are deemed less likely to be scientists.

Stem workforce diversity

Banchefsky, Judd, Park, Westfall

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Two studies examined whether subtle variations in feminine appearance erroneously convey a woman's likelihood of being a scientist. Eighty photos (half women) of tenured/tenure-track science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) faculty at elite research universities were selected from the Internet. Participants, naïve to the targets' occupations, rated the photos on femininity and likelihood of being a scientist and an early childhood educator. Linear mixed model analysis treated both participants and stimuli as …

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