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Being a father to school-aged daughter 'makes men less sexist'

Author of LSE research says findings show scope for ‘changing attitude later in life’
Researchers say the findings support the idea of the ‘mighty girl’ effect. Photograph: Nadezhda1906/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Being the father of a school-aged daughter makes men less sexist, according to a new study.

The team behind the work say the findings support the idea that men become more aware of the challenges facing women when they see the female experience of life up close through their offspring – something dubbed the “mighty girl” effect.

More fundamentally, they add, it pushes back

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