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a simple pattern

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5. Could you elaborate on what a woman does to a workplace?

Reply to WingDinger (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 14, 2012, 12:55 PM

Mar 2012

From the constraints of the study it almost sounds like the men were nervous about being judged by an unseen woman. Perhaps the women did not experience this with a male observer because they are accustomed to the male gaze?

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Interacting with a Woman Can Leave Men "Cognitively Impaired" [View all] n2doc Mar 2012 OP

Actually really bad news for womens equality. WingDinger Mar 2012 #1

Could you elaborate on what a woman does to a workplace? a simple pattern Mar 2012 #5

Well, that depends. In the trades, it completely changes the feel. WingDinger Mar 2012 #6

How about you hire all women and gay men and let the men go off and learn some discipline. TalkingDog Mar 2012 #9

Interesting longship Mar 2012 #2

Thus Faux Noise is replete with allegedly attractive women to dumb their male viewers down faster? freshwest Mar 2012 #3

Interesting--when they reversed it, the women didn''t have the same effect. MADem Mar 2012 #4

"Of course, there were no real people involved--just names." dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #11

Flash! Breakthrough! "Men act stupid around women!" well, doh! We've known this forever. nt Speck Tater Mar 2012 #7

Part of the peacock ritual, I guess. It works sometimes. freshwest Mar 2012 #8

We think with our other head around women? They needed a study for this??? Odin2005 Mar 2012 #10