How Stereotypes May Hurt Women's Performance Reviews
Being Abrasive Helps a Man but Hurts a Woman
- Assertive, demanding female lawyers are viewed poorly in job reviews, while their similar male lawyers get praise for the same behavior, an ABA Commission on Women in the Profession report found
- Male supervisors also tend to rank better lawyers who are most similar to them: other men whose wives stay at home
- Examples of inverse review results include how a man is deemed thoughtful while a woman is called hesitant, or he is aware of his worth while she shamelessly promotes herself
- One step toward reducing such bias is to standardise reviews based on job requirements
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