From the article: > Women have more trouble with assertiveness than men do: a study by the Gender Action Portal at Harvard University found that, in salary neg

From the article: > Women have more trouble with assertiveness than men do: a study by the Gender Action Portal at Harvard University found that, in salary negotiations, women concede earlier than men, anticipate greater backlash, and are discouraged by others’ perceptions of assertiveness as a non-feminine trait. Suspected this was the case for a while. Any time somebody mentions the "gender pay gap" I'll remind them of this.