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Fairy Godmothers > Robots: The Influence of Televised Gender Stereotypes and Counter-Stereotypes on Girls’ Perceptions of STEM

One-time exposure to stereotypical depictions of women on television has a greater impact than counter-stereotypical representation on young girls’ perception of STEM careers.

Bradley Bond (2016)

Are You My Mentor? A Field Experiment on Gender, Ethnicity, and Political Self-Starters

Gender does not significantly influence willingness to mentor within politics, but ethnicity may.

Joshua Kalla, Frances McCall Rosenbluth, Dawn L. Teele (2018)

Why Might Information Exacerbate the Gender Gap in Civic Participation? Evidence from Mali

A civic education course successfully improved political knowledge among women in Mali, but had a negative impact on their civic participation.

Jessica Gottlieb (2016)

Problems in the pipeline: Stereotype threat and women's achievement in high-level math courses

Social forces, such as stereotype threat, can cause women to underperform men in math examinations. This achievement gap can be closed or even reversed when strategies are implemented during testing that eliminate this threat, such as including statements at the beginning of an exam that indicate both genders tend to perform equally well on it.

Catherine Good, Joshua Aronson, Jayne Ann Harder (2008)

Algorithmic Bias? An Empirical Study into Apparent Gender-Based Discrimination in the Display of STEM Career Ads

Despite explicit intentions to be gender neutral, a Facebook ad for STEM careers was shown more often to men than women, potentially due to economic forces and competition among advertisers.

Anja Lambrecht, Catherine Tucker (2018)

Insights into Sexism: Male Status and Performance Moderates Female-Directed Hostile and Amicable Behavior

In an online video game, lower-skilled male players are more hostile towards female players due to a female threat in a male-dominated social hierarchy.

Michael M. Kasumovic, Jeffrey H. Kuznekoff (2015)

Perpetuating online sexism offline: Anonymity, interactivity, and the effects of sexist hashtags on social media

Participating in online sexist behavior increases levels of hostile sexism and has offline impacts in the workplace.

Jesse Fox, Carlos Cruz, Ji Young Lee (2015)

The Matilda Effect in Science Communication: An Experiment on Gender Bias in Publication Quality Perceptions and Collaboration Interest

In science communication, the gender of an author as well as the gendered stereotypes assigned to their area of research impact the perceived scientific quality of their work: male scientists and “masculine” topics are frequently perceived as demonstrating higher scientific quality.

Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick, Carroll J. Glynn, Michael Huge (2013)

A social-cognitive approach to understanding gender differences in negotiator ethics: The role of moral identity

Women are more likely than men to have strongly internalized moral identities, leading to more ethical negotiation practices—but the situation can suppress women’s ethical strength.

Jessica A. Kennedy, Laura Kray, Gillian Ku (2017)

Gender, race, and political ambition: How intersectionality and frames influence interest in political office

Women may be encouraged to run for office when structural rather than personal challenges are emphasized to explain the gender gap, but effects vary by race and ethnicity.

Mirya R. Holman, Monica C. Schneider (2016)