Guess what I just learned? All around the world, women are better empathizers than men, study finds Jen Christensen / Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Additional Sources: Sex and age differences in "theory of mind" across 57 countries using the English version of the "Reading the Mind in the Eyes" Test.
There's an idea! Automatic entry into career advancing competitions could help women, study suggests / Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Additional Sources: Opt-out choice framing attenuates gender differences in the decision to compete in the laboratory and in the field
Guess what I just learned? Cross-gender friendships ‘critical to helping women in sciences’ Paul Basken / Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Additional Sources: Mapping social exclusion in STEM to men’s implicit bias and women’s career costs
Guess what I just learned? Women’s health is better when women have more control in their society / Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Additional Sources: Matriliny reverses gender disparities in inflammation and hypertension among the Mosuo of China
Reframe and reflect Measuring maternal grief in Africa Emily Smith-Greenaway and Jenny Trinitapoli / Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Additional Sources: Maternal cumulative prevalence measures of child mortality show heavy burden in sub-Saharan Africa
There's an idea! A Simple Way to Reduce Harassment in Online Discussion Groups Tom Jacobs / Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Additional Sources: Preventing harassment and increasing group participation through social norms in 2,190 online science discussions
Guess what I just learned? Women With Male Twins Are More Likely to Face Penalties at School and Work Claire Cain Miller / Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Additional Sources: Evidence that prenatal testosterone transfer from male twins reduces the fertility and socioeconomic success of their female co-twins
Uncategorized Women Aren’t Risk Adverse —Society Teaches Them to be That Way, Study Says Kashimira Gander / Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Additional Sources: Measuring the impact of interaction between children of a matrilineal and a patriarchal culture on gender differences in risk aversion
Reframe and reflect How gender inequality is reproduced on social media / Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Additional Sources: Parents mention sons more often than daughters on social media
Where are all the women and men? Nearly half of US female scientists leave full-time science after first child Holly Else / Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Additional Sources: The changing career trajectories of new parents in STEM