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Brilliance is for Diamonds and Men, But Not For Ladies

January 15, 2015 by Bitter Staff 1 Comment

Could expectations of sheer brilliance be the root of the gender imbalance across many academic fields? Not actual brilliance, mind you. Just expectations of brilliance. That is the argument made in “Expectations of Brilliance Underlie Gender Distributions Across Academic Disciplines” published this week in Science. The authors of the study argue that there is a…

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