Study of 6,794 Gates Foundation proposals finds female proposals are scored lower than male ones, even w/ blind review process. Key reason is men use more broad descriptive words, women narrow technical ones, and reviewers prefer the former. http://bit.ly/2Pr1VwP ">https://bit.ly/2Pr1VwP&q...

Remarkably, proposals with more broad words turn out be less successful by several metrics after they have been funded by Gates.

"reviewers may be overly credulous to broad descriptions that are likely to reflect style more than substance."

Women are 21% less likely to present research findings positively (using words like “novel,” “unique,” “unprecedented,” in titles + abstracts) in top scientific journals than men.   http://bit.ly/37ObltU ">https://bit.ly/37ObltU&q...

Framing research with positive words makes it 10% more likely it receives subsequent citations in scientific journals; 13% more likely in the highest impact journals.

New study: "Female entrepreneurs have a tendency to use more concrete language when describing their ventures than do their male counterparts..abstract speech affects investors’ perceptions..which affects the likelihood a venture will receive investment." http://bit.ly/2XVkZti ">https://bit.ly/2XVkZti&q...

New study. Adding more women and even the over-performance of women, does little to mitigate gender bias in physical and life sciences among undergrads. http://bit.ly/2YJ9uW2 ">https://bit.ly/2YJ9uW2&q...