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Expectations of brilliance underlie gender distributions across academic disciplines

Leslie, Sarah-Jane, Cimpian, Andrei, Meyer, Meredith, Freeland, Edward·2015·Science
DOI 10.1126/science.1261375
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Women's participation and attitudes to talent: Some scientific disciplines have lower percentages of women in academia than others. Leslie et al. hypothesized that general attitudes about the discipline would reflect the representation of women in those fields (see the Perspective by Penner). Surveys revealed that some fields are believed to require attributes such as brilliance and genius, whereas other fields are believed to require more empathy or hard work. In fields where people thought that raw talent was required, academic departments had lower percentages of women. Science , this issue p. 262 ; see also p. 234

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Authors
Leslie, S.-J., Cimpian, A., Meyer, M., & Freeland, E.
Affiliations
  • Princeton University (US)
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
  • Otterbein University (US)
Corresponding author
  • Leslie, Sarah-Jane
  • Cimpian, Andrei
ORCID
Venue
Science
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published
2015-01-16
Volume
347
Issue
6219
Pages
262-265
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
DOI
10.1126/science.1261375
OpenAlex
W2058271572
Cited by
1,516
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22
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2026: 104 · 2025: 146 · 2024: 171 · 2023: 133 · 2022: 174 · 2021: 123 · 2020: 222 · 2019: 147 · 2018: 96 · 2017: 82 · 2016: 62 · 2015: 51
FWCI
282.09
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.sciencemag.org/about/science-licenses-journal-article-reuse (vor, 365 d)
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • NSF (BCS-1226942)
  • Spencer Foundation (201100111)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Career Development and Diversity
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
Keywords
women in academia, underrepresentation of women, African American academics, academic disciplines, humanities versus sciences, gender expectations
MeSH terms
Workforce, Achievement, Aptitude, Attitude, Black or African American, Career Choice, Culture, Education, Graduate, Faculty, Female, Humans, Intelligence, Male, Natural Science Disciplines, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sex Characteristics, Social Sciences, Stereotyping, Students, Women, Sexism

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