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I'm ... not sure what to make of this. I'm not a woman, so not qualified to comment as such, but I can say without question that I've had to struggle through ma

I'm ... not sure what to make of this. I'm not a woman, so not qualified to comment as such, but I can say without question that I've had to struggle through many similar issues, just take sex out of the picture - everything from watching classmates apparently breeze through classes that I've had to take four times to wondering if my career success is just because I'm a white American male. Edit: I took a risk saying something like this, and have some karma to burn, but please, if you downvote, at least say why.

ahris 11y ago
There's a well documented and researched confidence gap between men and women. While confidence isn't an issue restricted to just women, it is a more prominent issue for them on average. Did a quick search, and here's the first paper I found on the topic. There's a ton more, though I'm not sure which are publicly available. http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/sarsons/files/confidence_final.pdf?m=1437407065 http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/sarsons/files/confidence_fi... Also, what you're talking about is also called stereotype threat, which is where "people feel themselves to be at risk of conforming to stereotypes about their social group". First step to combating those feelings is often recognizing them!
- chrismcb 11y ago
  And how is this sexism? Or are you suggesting they professors should treat women differently? I was half way through the article before realizing the author was female. She could have been anyone, and have the same issues. And then we find out the professor encouraged her.