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Sexism "Spurs Women To Succeed"
telegraph.co.uk — Women could perform better under sexist male bosses, a new study suggests. Female students scored higher in tests they believed were going to be marked by sexist examiners, the research found. Scientists believe that blatant sexism could act as a spur to drive some women to achieve as they want to prove chauvanistic attitudes are wrong.
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- AmyVernon, on 09/03/2008, -0/+2I think there's definitely somethingn to it. When I'm underestimated, I do some of my best work, because I want to prove them wrong.
- bornahokie, on 09/04/2008, -0/+2i see your point, but i also think there's a point at which so much disrespect leads women to give up as well
- njetx, on 09/03/2008, -1/+5I think the girls on this site should just stop submitting stories. With stuff like this they clearly are never going to make a significant dent into the top 100 diggers. Like, come on.
- jlpete9, on 09/03/2008, -0/+1Buried.
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- jlpete9, on 09/03/2008, -0/+1Buried.
- jonolan, on 09/04/2008, -0/+1I think their conclusions were wrong. Most people are more concerned with succeeding than with proving someone wrong - at least when anything of personal importance is at stake. These women did better because they worked harder due to expecting to be held to a harder standard.
It's another case of the "work twice as hard..." line of thinking.
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