Divergent Social Realities, Depending on Where You Sit: Perspectives From the Stereotype Content Model

doi:10.4324/9780203848814-12

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Divergent Social Realities, Depending on Where You Sit: Perspectives From the Stereotype Content Model

ABSTRACT

Afemale candidate for a prestigious professorship was turned down. One of the (male) hiring faculty explained that, if they had chosen mainly on the basis of liking, she would have been their first choice.