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Re:Sexism is not funny, let's stop laughing by jeffcutsinger on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @10:53AM (#5207516)
It's also been shown that when they do ask for higher salaries or raises, they are perceived in a negative light whereas men who do so are perceived in a positive light.

So they don't ask because if they did it would harm them.

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Re:Sexism is not funny, let's stop laughing by chacham15 on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @07:13PM (#5210485)
This is not true, women tend to do better when they do negotiate: "However, when we explicitly mention the possibility that wages are negotiable, this difference disappears, and even tends to reverse"[1].

[1]http://www.nber.org/papers/w18511

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