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Negotiation, gender and power.(suggestions to deal with sex discrimination)

Women in Higher Education

| April 01, 2005 | Valian, Virginia | COPYRIGHT 2005 Women in Higher Education. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Ask most women if they've faced discrimination personally and they'll say no. They see it in the nation, in the college or in the department, but they don't think it's happened to them personally.

They're wrong.

Study after study shows women are underrated compared with men, according to Dr. Virginia Valian, distinguished professor of psychology and linguistics at Hunter College NY and the CUNY Graduate Center. The difference is subtle, slight and pervasive.

Women as well as men underrate women. Colleagues and students underrate them. Women underrate themselves, blaming their shortcomings for the job or promotion that fell through. Gender bias? ...

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