When people are asked to draw what a leader looks like, almost everyone draws the same thing — and it's a disturbing picture of how little progress we've made

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When people are asked to draw an effective leader, they almost always draw a man.
Researchers say this pattern is a prime example of gendered stereotypes about leadership. We tend to associate leadership roles and traits more with men than with women.
There's some evidence that our definition of leadership is expanding to include more stereotypically "feminine" traits, but change is slow.

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