Given commensurate accomplishments (e.g., education, occupations, fame), men and women are evaluated on different standards and granted varying levels of legitimacy. In one study, I conduct a content analysis of 1,790 newspaper articles that cite women and men social scientists. I find that even in academic fields in which women are well- or over-represented and even among nationally renowned social scientists with commensurate credentials, women are portrayed as less-scientific and less-professional than men.

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