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Participants saw short news stories that introduced a character by full
name, then referred to them three times by first, last, or full name. They
were asked to complete the story, and we measured which gendered pronouns
they used to refer to the character. We find that participants
under-estimate feminine referents in all three conditions, with “She”
responses not overtaking “He” responses until names were feminine-biased.
This effect was strongest in the last name condition, indicating that
repeated reference to a feminine referent by last name makes participants
less likely to identify them as female.