Investigating individual writing style as a contributor to gender gaps in science and technology

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arXiv:2204.13805v5 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Gender gaps in how scientific work is evaluated are well documented, but their sources remain debated. We ask whether an overlooked factor---the linguistic style of the writing itself---is gendered and consequential. Drawing on a framework that distinguishes informational features (which emphasize facts) from involved features (which emphasize relationships), we analyze single-authored abstracts of academic papers and patents across all f