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DESCRIPTION:Sonia Kang\n\nUniversity of Toronto\n\nThe Professionalism Para
 dox: Feminized Traits\, Masculine Prototype\n\n\nAbstract:\n\nThe concept 
 of “professionalism” is often treated as objective and unbiased\, but we a
 ctually know very little about what professionalism means\, how people men
 tally represent it\, or whether it is truly neutral. In this presentation\
 , I share findings from four studies (N = 1\,577) showing that these osten
 sibly neutral standards quietly encode masculine defaults. In Study 1 (rev
 erse correlation)\, we visualized the mental image of a “professional” and
  found that the prototype is consistently perceived as more masculine. In 
 Study 2 (trait nomination)\, we mapped the structure and gendered content 
 of (un)professionalism\, showing that Professionalism centers on warmth\, 
 competence\, and conscientiousness\, whereas Unprofessionalism clusters ar
 ound distinct components—especially incivility and incompetence. In Study 
 3 (word embeddings)\, large-scale natural language replicated this structu
 re\, with Professionalism skewing feminine (warmth) and Unprofessionalism 
 skewing masculine (incivility). In Study 4 (occupational ratings)\, we app
 lied these dimensions to a wide range of jobs and found that female-domina
 ted occupations were viewed as slightly less professional but substantiall
 y less unprofessional—a pattern not explained by occupational prestige. Ac
 ross studies\, the results converge to show how “professionalism” both ref
 lects and reproduces inequality: standards that appear neutral privilege m
 asculine norms in who looks professional\, while the underlying trait cont
 ent is feminized. This mismatch could help explain persistent gender bias 
 in perceptions of competence\, professionalism\, and fit.\n
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SUMMARY:[EVENT CANCELLED] Organizational Behavior Area Research Seminar Ser
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