Book link: <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/warriors-and-worriers-9780199972234?cc=us&lang=en&" rel="nofollow">https://global.oup.com/academic/product/warriors-and-worrier...</a><p>It looks like "Warriors and Worriers" by Joyce Benenson came out in 2014, but has mostly gone under the radar until being noticed by a couple of the GMU crowd such as Arnold Kling (<a href="https://www.econlib.org/library/columns/y2023/klinggender.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.econlib.org/library/columns/y2023/klinggender.ht...</a>) and Robin Hanson (<a href="https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/women-as-worriers-who-exclude" rel="nofollow">https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/women-as-worriers-who-exclu...</a>).<p>I've just started reading the book, and what immediately strikes you is that clarity of the prose, and the fact that the author is willing to say "I believe" about their conclusions. "I think" is often a hedge, but "I believe" shows that the author is willing to stake their positions on a contentious topic - in contrast to the usual academic writing style, which pretends a fake objectivity with no subject.