As for the gender demographics of study abroad programs, more women than men travel overseas to study.
These are some of the findings of Southern African Gender and Media Baseline Study.
For those not immersed in the study of gender semantics, Hein has created a handy guide for which term to use when.
Not necessarily, said Rebecca Zorach, director of the Social Media Project at the University of Chicago's Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality.
Indeed, a study of gender and discipline at work, by Leanne Atwater, a professor at the School of Management at Arizona State University, and two colleagues, finds that women dislike being told off by another woman even more than men do.
In fact, a Kauffman Foundation study on business and gender shows women are outperformed by men in many areas of business.
That mirrors findings by a recent Credit Suisse study that found companies with gender diverse boards outperformed male-only ones by 26 percent over a period of six years.
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In a landmark study titled Boys Will Be Boys: Gender, Overconfidence and Common Stock Investment professors Brad Barber and Terrance Odean of the University of California, Davis, documented that men traded 45 percent more than women and ended up having their net returns reduced by almost a full percentage point compared to women.
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The study controlled for factors such as age, race, gender, job level and personality traits.
This study is one more benchmark in measuring global attitudes toward gender.
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However, that study also found that respondents felt they had made progress in gender diversity, but had fallen short in other areas such as disability and age.
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It is also easier to abandon gender stereotypes: girls in all-girl schools are more likely to study maths and science, boys in all-boy schools become more involved in theatre.
Pentagon officials already are concerned that if the military rejects the Baker panel's suggestions, conservatives on Capitol Hill will use the study as a lever to push for legislation banning mixed-gender basic training altogether.
The study showed that the companies that had the highest levels of gender diversity also had higher returns on equity, operating results and growth in market valuation than the averages in their respective sectors.
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Careful study, however, found subtle differences in the Arowana's body shape by gender.
In a January 2013 study by The Architects' Journal, nearly two-thirds of British female architects said they have suffered gender discrimination or male bullying at work.
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