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joint work with the amazing Marina Krauss, @lergetporer.bsky.social, @fpeter.bsky.social & @simonwiederhold.bsky.social 🙏 🙌

Key result 1: Most mothers overestimate the conservativeness of gender norms in their city. An intervention providing accurate information reduced misperceptions by ~25% and shifted personal attitudes towards more maternal employment. #SocialNorms (Table 2) 📊

Key result 2: The intervention also shifted mothers’ own attitudes towards a more liberal view on maternal employment (effect size ~25% of the control group mean). Effect more pronounced for mothers overestimating the conservativeness around them and those with overall moderate attitudes (Fig. 3+4)