Younger women self-restrict economically even more than older women do.

Evidence

However, and consistent with the idea that these prescriptions may be nonconscious, women may not be aware of the extent to which they restrict themselves to conform to gender norms. For example, a large webbased survey found that men were four times more likely than women to be actively engaged in negotiating better outcomes for themselves. When these findings were discussed with college-aged women, many predicted that this sex difference would apply only to “boomer” women, not to their generation. Yet, the actual findings showed that younger women were even less likely than their elders to be proactive on their own behalf, suggesting that “the tendency among women to accept what they’re offered and not ask for more is far from just a ‘boomer’ problem” (Babcock & Laschever, 2003, p. 4). — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 778

Categorization

• SEED: Essay angle: the persistence of female economic self-restriction across generational cohorts — women’s own beliefs about progress are systematically wrong.
• XREF: Connects to internalized gender norms and the vault’s prejudice psychology thread.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 778