Women with male names do better?

[legalskier]

Women with male names do better
What's in a name? A lot if you're seeking a legal career, with a US study finding that women with male names are more successful lawyers and judges than those with more traditional, feminine names. The study, led by economist Bentley Coffey of Clemson University in South Carolina, looked at the relationship between a person's success in the legal profession, and their ultimately becoming a judge, and how masculine their name is. The study found by hypothesizing and using a series of equations that a female "Cameron" is about three times more likely to become a judge than a "Sue," while a female "Bruce" is five times more likely. "Despite the fact that women made up half of the students graduating from law school in the past 15 years, the legal profession remains a male-dominated world," Coffey wrote. "Consequentially, one would suspect that having a male persona or male moniker might still be advantageous to a career in law."
Link: http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/3023742/Women-with-male-names-do-better

I've heard of a boy named Sue...but not a judge named Bruce.

 

[Trekchick]

What your saying is..........
trish the dish isn't going to get me a high power/high paying job?

 

[severine]

Hi.
One should expect research into whether men who stay at home to raise their children and look after the home have a happy life.

Probably about as happy as the women who stay home and do the same.

 

[billski]

Hi.
One should expect research into whether men who stay at home to raise their children and look after the home have a happy life.

And change their names to Muffy? :lol:

 

[Warp Daddy]

Ya mean like Sidney Biddle Barrows ----The Mayflower Madam ?

prostitute. lawyer all synonymous

 

[ctenidae]

But what about a boy named Sue?

 

[marcski]