article_snippet: Working with a male colleague, Professor Hall paired 27 men with women 27 men had never met before and gave 27 men a quiz game to play and time to chat afterwards.
article_snippet: Ladies should behave like men if Ladies want to work in male-dominated industries, according to a controversial study.
article_snippet: Research by Professor Ann Marie Ryan, a psychologist at Michigan State University, suggests recruiters prefer more masculine traits to those commonly associated with women.
article_snippet: She asked women to apply for leadership roles in male-dominated industries such as engineering in front of a panel of volunteers asked to evaluate the candidates' suitability.
article_snippet: Some of the women were asked to emphasise 'masculine-like' traits such as assertiveness, independence and raw ambition.
article_snippet: Others were asked to display more 'feminine traits' - warmth, supportiveness and a nurturing nature.
article_snippet: The panel, irrespective of the gender of those sitting on The panel, decided that leadership required more dominant and assertive traits to be shown during the interview process.
article_snippet: The men, who were aged 18 to 22, also filled in a survey designed to detect sexist attitudes.