The former seeks to enhance opportunities
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Not exact matches
«We do find that grooming accounts
for the entire attractiveness premium
for women, and only half of the premium
for men,» the
researchers explain.
For more than five years,
researchers have been able to demonstrate that
women - led tech businesses, though rare in the industry, tend to outperform their male - led competitors.
Some
women shy away from jobs in fields that require long workweeks, knowing they won't have the time: a 10 percent cut in free time
for women reduces their share in high - hour occupations by about 14 percent relative to men, according to the
researcher's model.In total, that difference in time spent on at - home labor results in an 11 percentage point gender wage gap, their analysis estimates.
To simulate a real - life hiring scenario, Kent University
researchers asked participants (61 men, 39
women) to rate the profiles of four potential applicants, all around the same age,
for a managerial position.
A heap of evidence shows
women are assessed differently when it comes to confidence, likability and self - promotion, so the
researchers only recruited male study subjects, as they put it, «to control
for potentially confounding effects of gender.»
Researchers Christine Exley of Harvard Business School, Muriel Niederle of Stanford University and Lise Vesterlund of the University of Pittsburgh recently did a set of experiments related to female aggression in on - the - job negotiations in which, as they write, «we saw that
women hurt themselves financially when they followed a blanket recommendation to always ask
for more.»
The
researchers pointed out that when
women were present on a board that was doing the bidding
for a company, there was no significant association with the engagement of top - ranked advisors.
Over the next four decades, the
researchers regularly screened the
women for dementia.
The CEPR
researchers add that prime - age employment
for men is now 3 percentage points lower than it was in December 2007, while the rate
for women is 2.2 percentage points below where it was.
The
researchers discovered that the median pregnancy was not 280 days, but 268 days — and that was after excluding pre-term or post-term babies and accounting
for a
woman's weight, alcohol use, sex during pregnancy, and other factors.
For instance, extroverted men often present as more ambitious and assertive, whereas extroverted
women tend to present as more sociable and gregarious,» the
researchers write.
The NIH
researchers followed 125
women, starting with a sensitive chemical test
for ovulation all the way through to the birth of one child.
A 2015 report from
researchers at Kent State University and the University of Texas at Tyler found that the «prevalence of male norms in the male - dominated environment may result in a more hostile workplace
for women who are perceived by men as violators of the gender norms.»
In a recent Nielsen report that focused in - depth on African American
women,
researchers echoed the need
for brands to abandon the one - size - fits - all approach with this consumer group.
When three
researchers asked 12 breast cancer patients from central Mexico,
for instance, what each did right after discovering a lump in her breast, the
women's answers revealed a dozen different health care routes — paths that led, in some cases, to markedly different outcomes.
Researchers from Stanford University's Clayman Institute
for Gender Research Recruitment sat in on tech company recruiting sessions at a top - tier West Coast university; their findings hint at what's keeping
women out of tech jobs: «As students entered,
women were often setting up refreshments or raffles and doling out the swag in the back; the presenters were often men, and they rarely introduced the recruiters.
Researchers at Pew argue that the recent decrease in birthrate has as much to do with the Great Recession in 2008 as it does with the increase of
women who are not willing to sacrifice their careers
for family.
Over the past two decades, Dr. Bear, a
researcher and surgeon, has led international trials that have resulted in major changes in the treatment of breast cancer and dramatically increased the chance
for breast conservation among
women with breast cancer.
A 1987 survey of the reasons given by
women for having abortions made by
researchers with the Alan Guttmacher Institute, which is very much pro-abortion, demonstrated this fact.
Researchers at the Center
for the Study of
Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University looked at the top 700 highest - grossing movies of 2014 — which make up almost all of the year's major theatrical releases — to see how many featured women in prominent production r
Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University looked at the top 700 highest - grossing movies of 2014 — which make up almost all of the year's major theatrical releases — to see how many featured
women in prominent production r
women in prominent production roles.
Yet, Gold's generation represents one exception to the pattern; unlike any other age group, millennial evangelical
women were more likely than their male counterparts to vote
for Trump, according to the Cooperative Congressional Election Study (CCES) provided to CT by Ryan Burge, politics
researcher and blogger
for the site Religion in Public.
«As predicted,» the
researchers wrote, «we found a stronger mean preference in men (2.66) than in
women (2.25)
for spicy, hot condiments.»
In a study of 20
women ages 40 - 70 with inflammatory osteoarthritis, the
researchers found that drinking tart cherry juice twice daily
for three weeks led to significant reductions in important inflammation markers - especially
for women who had the highest inflammation levels at the start of the study.
The
researchers said: «breastfeeding promotion needs to be coupled with protections
for women's work and earnings».
The other thing the
researchers said in their introduction that was conveniently not mentioned by Hanna Rosin in her article is that «should breastfeeding be shown to have a negative impact on work outcomes, our study will provide evidence that breastfeeding promotion needs to be coupled with protections
for women's work and earnings».
The
researchers involved in this study of almost 14,000 births found that while successfully breastfeeding could cut a
woman's risk of PPD in half, there were also some serious negative effects
for those who tried to breastfeed but couldn't.
Because ACOG has created its position on home births based on much of the data from Wax's meta analysis, the
researchers warn that physicians and
women who are considering home births and using this study as a reference
for their decisions are not getting reliable information and may not be making a well informed decision.
That proportion fell over time, but the majority of
women continued to have reservations about breastfeeding
for months after their baby's birth,
researchers report Monday in Pediatrics.
That's why more
researchers are looking into what's going on sexually
for those men and
women in the phase of their life called emerging adulthood, and what it may mean when they're ready to settle down.
Society isn't happy with single moms; according to a 2011 Pew Research Center study, nearly seven out of 10 said the trend toward single mothers was bad
for society (although writer Tracy Mayor in Brain, Child magazine calls out the actual question asked by Pew
researchers — how people felt about «more single
women deciding to have children without a male partner to help raise them,» not whether they think single mothers per se are bad
for society.
For the new analysis, the
researchers pulled together data from three studies from New Zealand, the UK and the U.S. that asked
women whether or not they smoked cigarettes during pregnancy.
Already in 1990 (reference below),
researchers re-examined the length of pregnancy
for American
women.
Contributors: Members of the writing committee
for this paper were Peter Brocklehurst (professor of perinatal epidemiology, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU), University of Oxford; professor of
women's health, Institute for Women's Health, University College London (UCL)-RRB-; Pollyanna Hardy (senior trials statistician, NPEU); Jennifer Hollowell (epidemiologist, NPEU); Louise Linsell (senior medical statistician, NPEU); Alison Macfarlane (professor of perinatal health, City University London); Christine McCourt (professor of maternal and child health, City University London); Neil Marlow (professor of neonatal medicine, UCL); Alison Miller (programme director and midwifery lead, Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH)-RRB-; Mary Newburn (head of research and information, National Childbirth Trust (NCT)-RRB-; Stavros Petrou (health economist, NPEU; professor of health economics, University of Warwick); David Puddicombe (researcher, NPEU); Maggie Redshaw (senior research fellow, social scientist, NPEU); Rachel Rowe (researcher, NPEU); Jane Sandall (professor of social science and women's health, King's College London); Louise Silverton (deputy general secretary, Royal College of Midwives (RCM)-RRB-; and Mary Stewart (research midwife, NPEU; senior lecturer, King's College London, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwif
women's health, Institute
for Women's Health, University College London (UCL)-RRB-; Pollyanna Hardy (senior trials statistician, NPEU); Jennifer Hollowell (epidemiologist, NPEU); Louise Linsell (senior medical statistician, NPEU); Alison Macfarlane (professor of perinatal health, City University London); Christine McCourt (professor of maternal and child health, City University London); Neil Marlow (professor of neonatal medicine, UCL); Alison Miller (programme director and midwifery lead, Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH)-RRB-; Mary Newburn (head of research and information, National Childbirth Trust (NCT)-RRB-; Stavros Petrou (health economist, NPEU; professor of health economics, University of Warwick); David Puddicombe (researcher, NPEU); Maggie Redshaw (senior research fellow, social scientist, NPEU); Rachel Rowe (researcher, NPEU); Jane Sandall (professor of social science and women's health, King's College London); Louise Silverton (deputy general secretary, Royal College of Midwives (RCM)-RRB-; and Mary Stewart (research midwife, NPEU; senior lecturer, King's College London, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwif
Women's Health, University College London (UCL)-RRB-; Pollyanna Hardy (senior trials statistician, NPEU); Jennifer Hollowell (epidemiologist, NPEU); Louise Linsell (senior medical statistician, NPEU); Alison Macfarlane (professor of perinatal health, City University London); Christine McCourt (professor of maternal and child health, City University London); Neil Marlow (professor of neonatal medicine, UCL); Alison Miller (programme director and midwifery lead, Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH)-RRB-; Mary Newburn (head of research and information, National Childbirth Trust (NCT)-RRB-; Stavros Petrou (health economist, NPEU; professor of health economics, University of Warwick); David Puddicombe (
researcher, NPEU); Maggie Redshaw (senior research fellow, social scientist, NPEU); Rachel Rowe (
researcher, NPEU); Jane Sandall (professor of social science and
women's health, King's College London); Louise Silverton (deputy general secretary, Royal College of Midwives (RCM)-RRB-; and Mary Stewart (research midwife, NPEU; senior lecturer, King's College London, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwif
women's health, King's College London); Louise Silverton (deputy general secretary, Royal College of Midwives (RCM)-RRB-; and Mary Stewart (research midwife, NPEU; senior lecturer, King's College London, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery).
In August of 2009,
researchers reported that
women who have a mother, sister, or other type of close relative who suffered from breast cancer cut their risk
for developing the disease by 59 % if they breastfeed their babies.
«Holding a job is likely to improve your overall mental health and well - being, which is ultimately a good thing
for yourself and your family,» says lead
researcher Katrina Leupp, who analyzed data from 1,600 married
women at age 20 and then again at age 40.
In one study,
researchers wanted to know if IUI treatment would be more effective if the
woman remained on her back
for 15 minutes after the procedure.
Developed by a multidisciplinary group of academics,
researchers,
women and child health advocates, clinicians and policy - makers, the collaborative approach to this series has resulted in the creation of a framework
for quality maternal and newborn care.
The reason most often given by
women for not participating in the study after the
researchers called them was a lack of time.
The
researchers say that they observed children being breastfed by multiple
women including the biological mother, and that the practice was distinct from wet nursing (feeding by a substitute
for a mother who can not breastfeed).
In a new study published in Mucosal Immunology,
researchers from Brigham and
Women's Hospital (BWH) report that human breast milk serves as a reservoir
for bio-molecules that help to resolve inflammation and combat infection.
Researchers, programme implementers, infant feeding experts, representatives of the Inter-Agency Task Team on prevention of HIV infections in pregnant
women, mothers and their children, UN agencies, the WHO Regional Office
for Africa and six WHO headquarters departments gathered in Geneva from October 25 - 27.
«This is most controversial because many studies show that
women who receive the formula discharge bags with samples breastfeed less exclusively and
for shorter durations,» Eva Seidelman,
researcher, Public Citizen told DairyReporter.com.
The
researchers emphasise that their findings may only apply to regions where midwives are well trained to assist
women at home births and where facilities
for transfer of care and transportation in case of emergencies are adequate.
The
researchers note that the association found in this study has potentially important implications
for future RA disease burden, saying: «
Women who took part in this study were born in the 1940s and 1950s, before China's one - child policy was introduced in the late 1970s, and at a time when breastfeeding was more prevalent.
In their analysis, the
researchers divided the
women into three groups: those who never breastfed (157
women), those who breastfed
for less than six months per pregnancy (284
women), and those who breastfed
for six months or more per pregnancy (133
women).
There is, however, some controversy here, because when
researchers stuck microphones in pregnant
women's uteruses
for a 1990 study I'm glad I wasn't a part of, they found that fetuses are exposed to between 72 and 88 decibels of baseline noise in the womb — the latter being about as loud as the maximum output of the white - noise machines tested in the study.
In 2014,
researchers at Harvard University and other institutions published the results of a study in which they followed more than 96,000 men and
women for 22 years starting in adolescence.