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Masculine defaults exist when characteristics and behaviors typically associated with men are rewarded and considered standard practice. They make it more challenging for many women to enter and succeed in organizations. Changing masculine defaults involves identifying them, determining whether they are necessary, and dismantling or balancing them.

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Current efforts to identify and remedy gender bias often fail because they are not attentive to masculine defaults.

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This page is a summary of: Masculine defaults: Identifying and mitigating hidden cultural biases., Psychological Review, November 2020, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/rev0000209.
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