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Delusions of Gender (2010)
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When the environment makes gender salient, there is a ripple effect on the mind. We start to think of ourselves in terms of our gender, and stereotypes and social expectations become more prominent in the mind. This can change self-perception, alter interests, debilitate or enhance ability, and trigger unintentional discrimination. In other words, the social context influences who you are, how you think and what you do.
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A member of my family, who shall remain nameless, refers to all newborns as 'blobs'.
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Both women and computer science are the losers when a geeky stereotype serves as an unnecessary gatekeeper to the profession.
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Biology can be said to define possibilities but not determine them; it is never irrelevant but it is also not determinant.
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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
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