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Gendered expectations: are we unintentionally undermining our efforts to diversify STEM fields?

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A look at how implicit biases influence the advancement of women in science and engineering.

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          cover image XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students
          XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students  Volume 20, Issue 4
          Diversity in Computer Science
          Summer 2014
          62 pages
          ISSN:1528-4972
          EISSN:1528-4980
          DOI:10.1145/2634549
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