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People in Power May Pick Up Sexual Signals That Aren’t Really There
Psychological scientists have found that people in positions of power may have be swayed into misperceiving sexual interest from subordinates.
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How Media May Fuel Sexually Harassing Behavior
Men report being more open to engaging in sexually coercive behavior after watching television programming that objectifies and degrades women, a study in Italy shows.
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Teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science
“Sexual Conflict: Uncovering the Mysteries of the Mating Battleground” by
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Women‘s Colleges and the STEM Gender Gap
In a guest column, APS Fellow and Smith College President Kathleen McCartney explains how women’s colleges are uniquely positioned to counter the stubborn gender imbalance in scientific fields.
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Diversity as a Must-Have Feature of Science
Enrique W. Neblett, Jr., issues a call to embrace a manifesto for diverse psychological science. Inspired by APS Fellow Richard McFall’s “Manifesto for a Science of Clinical Psychology” published in 1991, Neblett, an associate professor
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Paying Tribute to Janet Taylor Spence
Across her groundbreaking career, Janet Taylor Spence, who died in March 2015 at the age of 91, was both an inspired researcher and an influential leader. Spence’s many contributions to the field of psychological science
