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Women employees work harder and longer than men do, according to a new study by the Ponemon Institute, an independent research consultancy. Researchers also discovered that men are even less productive when women are around.

The experiment, was originally【C1】_____to observe the effect of 3M privacy filters—thin panels that fit onto a monitor, allowing only the user to view their computer screen—on productivity in the workplace. But the study ended up【C2】_____that with or without a privacy filter, women are more productive than men in the workplace.

Of the 274 subjects, who all worked in financial services, consumer【C3】_____, education, health care and energy,【C4】__53 percent of the subjects were female, and 47 percent were male. When working with a privacy filter, females worked for 4.9 minutes during a ten-minute experimental trial, while men worked for 4.3 minutes. And even without a privacy filter, females worked for 2.5 minutes during ten minutes, while male subjects worked for just 2.1 minutes in the【C5】_____amount of time.

Not only do women work longer, but they also【C6】_____work harder than their male counterparts. When subjects were given the【C7】_____to walk away during an experimental waiting period, just 38 percent of women left their desk, while 52 percent of men did.

Moreover, men were found to be less productive if a woman was around. When the researcher and subject were both male, the【C8】_____working time was 3.6 minutes. When they were both female, productivity【C9】__to four minutes. But with a female researcher and a male subject, the working time【C10】_____to just 2.8 minutes.

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