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aaahhhhhhfine t1_itqn8qn wrote

This study is a little odd and maybe I'm just not getting it... I also can't see the whole article because academic publishing sucks.

But it looks like the comparison was simply between high status women and low status women... That basically people trusted information from low status women more than high status women. That's kind of an odd comparison case. I would obviously like to know whether that effect persisted regardless of gender, for example. Like do people distrust high status men in favor of low status men?

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MilfshakeGoddess t1_itswber wrote

From the article:

"It's also the opposite for men. When they occupy these senior positions, people tend to trust them more than junior male colleagues, or women in senior positions.”

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aaahhhhhhfine t1_ittb6bn wrote

Ahh ok... Thanks! Yeah that feels like a line I'd have put in the abstract!

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