Friday, 7 October 2011

Sarah Palin?s Improbable Gift to Women

?Conveying their strengths and attainments to others is so far from the expected female style of self-effacement that women experience it as ?bragging,? ? Fels writes. She points out that females are denied recognition starting as early as preschool, when studies show that boys get more attention, more direction, and more ?physical and verbal rewards.? Science journalist Shankar Vedantam describes this extra credit given to men as the ?invisible current? pushing boys toward the shore, persuading them that they are faster, stronger. Is it any wonder, then, that so many women internalize the notion that recognition does not rightly belong to them, that it their destiny to listen and nod and admire? Is it any wonder that they don?t ask for raises while their male counterparts do? A few years ago, Nicholas Kristof summed up the research on how people view ambitious women, pointing out that identical speeches are rated higher when they are believed to come from men: ?A woman can be perceived as competent or as likable, but not both.?

Source: http://feeds.slate.com/click.phdo?i=89ae8cd68c41082e85616944cfa2ea97

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