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"[Rationality is gendered](https://online.ucpress.edu/collabra/article/5/1/54/113043/Rationality-is-Gendered)" is a research study that quantitatively validates the obvious: people still assign "thinking" or "feeling" characteristics based on gender. Anecdotally, it's notable that the most popular non-fiction book from the 90s was "*Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus*" — a book that overtly conflates men with thinking characteristics and women with feeling.

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