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Too Sweet, Or Too Shrill? The Double Bind For Women

Our culture has long expected that women will be kind, and leaders will be authoritative. So what's a female leader to do when she confronts these conflicting stereotypes? Gary Waters/Getty Images/Ikon Images hide caption

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Too Sweet, Or Too Shrill? The Double Bind For Women

A century after women won the vote in the U.S., we still see very few of them in leadership roles. Researchers say women are trapped in a catch-22 known as "the double bind."

Too Sweet, Or Too Shrill? The Double Bind For Women

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