This paper measures gender bias in discussions about women versus men in an online professional forum. I study the content of posts that refer to each gender and the transitions in the topics between consecutive posts once attention turns to one gender or the other. Discussions about women tend to emphasize their personal characteristics instead of professional accomplishments. Posts about women are also more likely to lead to deviations from professional topics than are posts about men. I interpret these findings through a model that highlights posters' incentives to boost their own identities relative to the underrepresented out-group in a profession.

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专业人士谣言中的性别偏见：基于身份的解释

本文衡量了在线专业论坛中关于女性与男性的讨论中的性别偏见。我研究涉及每种性别的帖子的内容，以及一旦注意力转向一种性别或另一种性别时，连续帖子之间主题的转变。关于女性的讨论往往强调她们的个人特征而不是职业成就。与关于男性的帖子相比，关于女性的帖子也更有可能导致偏离专业话题。我通过一个模型来解释这些发现，该模型强调了发帖者相对于行业中代表性不足的外部群体提升自己身份的动机。