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		xyzzyz on Sept 22, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tricky Programming Concepts Aren’t It's just like the whole "engineering is not for women", which successfully discourages girls from entering technical fields.

rcfox on Sept 22, 2011 [–]

I thought so too, but after refreshing my memory, I think it might be similar, but not exactly the same.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotype_threat

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