linguistic performance during office hours

[Paul Frank]

Dr. Vera Zegers of Ruhr-Universität Bochum has just published a
dissertation that argues that female university students speak with less
self-assurance than male students during office hours. Female students
tend to “hide their light under a bushel.” So much so, that they alert
their professors to weaknesses that would otherwise go unnoticed. And
when female students suffer setbacks, they tend to blame themselves,
whereas male students blame unfavorable circumstances. For a German
summary of Zeger’s findings, see
http://www.uni-protokolle.de/nachrichten/id/94838/

Paul
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Paul Frank
Chinese-English translator
paulfrank at post.harvard.edu
http://languagejottings.blogspot.com