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Article is talking about Math, not tech (although we have the same problem). It also starts with a specific study showing a female name alone reduces the percei
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Article is talking about Math, not tech (although we have the same problem). It also starts with a specific study showing a female name alone reduces the perceived competence of a mathematician in the eyes of others (including woman).
So if you are correct that increased testosterone leads to men being more driven to achieve that still leaves the fact that when a woman "overcomes" her lack of testosterone and achieves the same as a man sheis still judged as being less competent than a man.
This kind of thing is hard. I don't think there are easy solutions, but let's not pretend the problem doesn't exist.