Stereotype Threat

[astra_nomer]

Take that, Inherent Differences!

(it apparently holds for minorities, too)

Comments

[capsicumanuum.livejournal.com]

Even worse, you don't even have to explicitly ask the women about their gender. Asking them whether they live in co-ed or gendered housing causes the same effect! It's really frightening how conditioned we are to think about femaleness as a handicap.