Silvia Filippi

Think political leader — think he or she? A multi-country test of a gender-fair language intervention to reduce gendered leadership stereotypes

Women are greatly underrepresented in positions of political leadership around the world. In seeking to explain this underrepresentation, some researchers have pointed to people’s tendencies to stereotype leaders as more similar to men than women as these tendencies can support t...

Economic Inequality is Masculine: High Vertical Pay Gap Fuels Expectations for Gender Discrimination via Inferred Masculinity Norms

Gender discrimination remains a major obstacle to workplace equality. While various factors contribute to this issue, organizational structures that reinforce hierarchical, male-dominated cultures may indicate that gender discrimination is widespread and normative. This research...