This phenomenon is complex and involves a variety of unconscious biases, but the general idea is that this describes situations where successful women will undermine her female colleagues.

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Charles Darwin delays publishing the Origin of Species by 20 years in part because mentor Adam Sedgwick writes that evolution is an idea that “could have been written by a woman.”

Evidence has shown that mixed-gender teams produce research articles perceived to be of higher quality than single-gender teams.

Women have blazed the trail before you, and many of them want to help others succeed.