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Here’s why sex discrimination at work doesn’t go away until women are in charge


Women in mixed teams are less likely to be rated as influential – by other women as well as men. Photograph: Mariusz Szczawinski/Alamy


Single-sex teams are something for the football pitch, not the workplace. It’s not the 1950s. Many studies show the benefits of mixed teams: among scientists, for example, they produce more impactful research.

But does it matter how mixed they are? Yes, for the women in them, concludes fascinating American research. In a couple of experiments, undergraduates were randomly assigned to small (five or six people) male- or female-majority teams, who then worked together for a period as part of their studies.


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