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Episode 54: Sex and Gender Part 1

The Science of Everything Podcast

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The Glass Ceiling: Why Women Aren't Receiving as Many Promotions

If women behave in a way that's consistent with their perceived general then they are not perceived to exhibit the characteristics of a good manager. If they do exhibit these types of agentic behaviors then they are perceived to be more competent but they are disliked particularly by their male counterparts. In either situation women are unable to break through what's called the glass ceiling this is the idea that there's some sort of limit to how far women can rise in an organization. We will look at how discrimination and bias affect women into other important spheres voting yeah that is politics and in health care first of all.

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