We explore how groups deliberate and decide on ideas in an experiment with communication. We find that gender biases play a significant role in which group members are chosen to answer on behalf of the group. Conditional on the quality of their ideas, individuals are less likely to be selected in gender incongruent domains (i.e. male-typed domains for women; female-typed domains for men). Individuals are also less likely to promote themselves when they are in the gender minority within their group. These patterns are not well-explained by objective or subjective differences in conversational behavior, nor by differences in beliefs about idea quality. Our results seem most consistent with a preference for promoting and rewarding group members in a way that conforms with gender norms.

我们探索小组如何在交流实验中深思熟虑并决定想法。我们发现性别偏见在选择小组成员代表小组回答问题中起着重要作用。以他们想法的质量为条件，个人不太可能在性别不一致的领域（即女性的男性类型领域；男性的女性类型领域）中被选中。当个人在其群体中属于少数性别时，他们也不太可能提升自己。这些模式不能用对话行为的客观或主观差异来很好地解释，也不能用关于想法质量的信念差异来解释。我们的结果似乎最符合以符合性别规范的方式提拔和奖励小组成员的偏好。