--- title: Study shows ‘benevolent sexism’ in startups widens the... description: Research shows that benevolent sexism in startups widens the gender gap and disadvantages women. This form of bias appears positive towards women but... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/study-shows-benevolent-sexism-in-startups-widens-the-gender-gap-ryp0udfai twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Study shows ‘benevolent sexism’ in startups widens the gender gap | daily.dev og:description: Research shows that benevolent sexism in startups widens the gender gap and disadvantages women. This form of bias appears positive towards women but... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/study-shows-benevolent-sexism-in-startups-widens-the-gender-gap-ryp0udfai og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Ryp0UdfAI.png og:image:alt: Study shows ‘benevolent sexism’ in startups widens the gender gap og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Study shows ‘benevolent sexism’ in startups widens the gender gap **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Research shows that benevolent sexism in startups widens the gender gap and disadvantages women. This form of bias appears positive towards women but reinforces gender roles and restricts women's autonomy. Evaluators with benevolent sexist views tend to rate men-led startups more positively, leading to fewer positions of power for women. To address this, it is necessary to raise awareness about the hidden effects of benevolent sexism, redesign the startup evaluation process, and fix the system rather than putting the burden on women. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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