"...it appeared that men who were modulated to sound like women did a bit better than unmodulated men and that women who were modulated to sound like men did a

"...it appeared that men who were modulated to sound like women did a bit better than unmodulated men and that women who were modulated to sound like men did a bit worse than unmodulated women..." The author admits it's not statistically significant, but nonetheless it somewhat makes sense, if you take human nature into account. If there's any bias in the technology field, it's probably that males are assumed "smarter", but women are still liked and desired. So, if a female is not answering questions as sharply, but is masked as a male, the bias is to deduct extra points. If a male is answering Q's while masked as a female, the interviewer is pleased and awards extra points. Just my theory, but it seems to fit. Again, though... a very small sampling.