A male standard is the default in fields built by men for men.
If institutions use opinion-based evaluations to determine promotions and competence, then they should recognize the biases baked into those opinions. Sadly, manythat aim to shed light on those biases often fail and sometimes even backfire because they work at the cognitive level—raising awareness—without the emotional engagement that drives the urge to change.
A male standard is the default in fields built by men for men, like surgery. Years ago, as a plastic surgery resident, I protested the knowledge-category score that one of my professors had given me. Only after I told him I had received a 99 percent on a national examination did he relent. I realized my nickname, ‘Giggles,’ wasn’t working in my favor.
It turns out I was setting myself up to be ignored or uncredited. Why wasn’t anyone teaching the men to talk like women?
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