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Comment author: Dreaded_Anomaly 04 March 2011 10:14:12PM 2 points [-]

A self-effacing attitude, or the semblance of it, is socially necessary, because while young women are allowed to be Smart, they are not allowed to be Arrogant.

This gibes with what I've heard about the difficulties of being a female professor in a traditional male-dominated environment of academia.

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