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Re:When the Boss Says, 'Don't Tell Your Coworkers How Much Y... by cauterized on Saturday January 24, 2015 @11:30AM (#8940005)
Which is in part because both men and women's perceptions of a woman become more negative when she negotiates.
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Re:When the Boss Says, 'Don't Tell Your Coworkers How Much Y... by jrs235 on Saturday January 24, 2015 @12:34PM (#8940249)
Its even more than that. Our cultural biases lead us to perceive the same traits (e.g. assertive) differently. Assertive males are perceived as confident ans positively while assertive females are perceived as bitchty and negatively.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/womensmedia/2012/09/04/gossipy-w...

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