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Sampling bias, perhaps? Or how that thing is called? If there's, say, 20% of women in a field and 80% men, and you get treated badly twice as likely by an average woman than by an average man, you'd still observe (in absolute terms) more instances of bad treatment from your male peers. Surely this could distort one's perception.


Women being harsher on other women is a common phenomenon. Even famous feminists like Gloria Steinem have addressed it.




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