Study: Angry Women Viewed As Incompetent

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Whether you're working in a restaurant or running a company, you cannot afford to lose your cool if you are a woman, according to a Yale University study by psychologist Victoria Brescoll. She and Eric Uhlmann at Northwestern University completed three studies to explore peoples' reactions to anger. They found that angry men are accepted and rewarded, while women who get angry are viewed as less competent.

In light of Hillary Clinton's run for the presidency, it was determined that anger can hurt her campaign, unless the anger pertains to treatment of a family member.

"An angry woman loses status, no matter what her position," said Brescoll.

In the studies, subjects responded that angry men deserve increased status, a better salary and were expected to be better at a job than an angry woman.

Interestingly, when men explained why they were angry, the views that others had of them were damaged, while women were allowed to explain their anger.

Brescoll suggests that it helps for women to stay emotionally neutral. If that isn't possible, women are urged to explain what angered them in the first place.
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It seems very unfair. This is one of the inequalities of the many that have to be highlighted. Awareness has to come first.