> When female scientists talked to other female scientists, they sounded perfectly competent. But when they talked to male colleagues, Mehl and Schmader found that they sounded less competent.
Could it be that they, comparatively, are?
Nah. That would make too much sense.
Let's blame it on the all-powerful patriarchy, which we can't even prove to exist.
Yes, and the researchers aren't even considering the possibility that these women sound incompetent when talking to men, because they actually, comparatively, are.
They discount the most obvious explanation without even testing for it, and expect to be taken seriously. What a joke.