Être le seul représentant de son groupe de sexe lors d’une performance affecte plus les filles que les garçons. Augmente l’effet de la menace du stéréotype en rendant saillant le statut minoritaire du représentant.
« Individuals experience solo status when they are the only members of their social category (e.g., gender or race) present in an otherwise homogenous group. Field studies and surveys indicate that members of socially disadvantaged groups, such as women and racial minorities, have more negative experiences as solos than do members of privileged groups, such as Whites and males (Kanter, 1977; Niemann & Dovidio, 1998). » (Mischa Thompson et Denise Sekaquaptewa, 2002)
Marie-Laure Viallon et Delphine Martinot, The effects of solo status on women’s and men’s success: The moderating role of the performance context