In yesterday’s Washington Post, Ruth Marcus discusses gender politics in the U.S. and what she sees as females shying away from leadership positions, beginning at the college level. She cites a Princeton study that found a tendency among women to undersell themselves and make self-deprecating remarks. Women, the report said, are more reticent about speaking up, where men tend “to raise their hands and express their thoughts even before they are fully formulated.”
It’s well worth a read.
