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A study at the University of Michigan shatters some myths. The results were announced today. Women have a reputation for gossiping and talking, yet the study found the reputation is undeserved. The study, which required researchers to observe a number of people at work, found that women work both longer and harder than men—those men spend more time goofing off on the job. The study found that the average employed man spends 52 minutes, or 11 percent of each working day, not working: in scheduled coffee breaks, unscheduled rest breaks, at lunch beyond the normal hour, and so forth. The average working woman spends only 35 minutes, or 8 percent of her working day, in such scheduled and unscheduled rest breaks. The same study found that the amount of effort expended by women at work is 112 percent that of men. The discrepancy is more dramatic than the statistics indicate because men earn more than women for the same type of work. The average man in the study earned $13 an hour, compared to $9.34 for the average woman. The women tended to hold mainly clerical jobs, but those in managerial positions also outperformed their male counterparts.

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The myth that women work harder than men may not be just a myth anymore. A scientific study that took place at the University of Michigan provides some groundbreaking evidence to the debate between male and female work ethic. Men are naturally seen as harder workers meanwhile women are stereotyped to already be of less than her male counterpart. However, in this study, data has shown that the effort women put into their work is 112 percent of what men put into theirs. Soon, women will be able to work unjudged even in male dominated environments.

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