Society discourages entrepreneurship in women

Written on Sunday, June 15th, 2008 at 11:01 am by Jsanders
Filed under Behavorial Differences, Biological Differences, Diversity, Women's Issues.

David Nicklaus in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch explains a recent study:

“The researchers tried an experiment. They presented some business students with articles that described entrepreneurs in typical fashion, and others with articles that were gender-neutral. The women who read the gender-neutral version expressed much more interest in becoming entrepreneurs themselves.”

Read the full article to learn how our language affects young girls relevant to starting their own businesses…

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