On average, people were more than twice as likely to refer to male versus female professionals by surname in analyses of political radio shows and student reviews of professors, as well as in multiple experiments involving nearly 200 participants each, according to a study; in additional experiments involving 500-900 participants each, scientists who were referred to by surname were judged to be more famous, eminent, and deserving of a career award than those referred to by full name.
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Article #18-05284: "How gender determines the way we speak about professionals," by Stav Atir and Melissa J. Ferguson.
MEDIA CONTACT: Stav Atir, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; tel: 203-809-1080; e-mail: ssa62@cornell.edu
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences