The detrimental effects of a suggestion of sexism in an instruction situation

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Teaching About Racism: Pernicious Implications of the Standard Portrayal (2008, background): “Instead, the real possibility of systemic oppression looms like a “threat in the air” (Steele, 1997 ) that can be sufficient to cause harm in the absence of biased treatment (see also Adams, Garcia, Purdie-Vaughns, & Steele, 2006 ).”
Managing to clear the air: Stereotype threat, women, and leadership (2016, background): “…explicit exposure to gender stereotypes, such as telling participants that their experimenter is sexist or having them interact with a sexist man (Adams et al., 2006; Logel et al., 2009), to a more subtle activation, such as simply asking someone to perform in a domain where there is a…”
Men, women and STEM: Why the differences and what should be done? (2020, background): “If women are given the impression that the STEM workplace is a hotbed of sexism and an unwelcome place for women, many might quite understandably decide to look for other fields in which to make their mark (Adams et al., 2006; Ganley et al., 2018; Thoman & Sansone, 2016).”
Sex, Lies, and Video Games: The Portrayal of Male and Female Characters on Video Game Covers (2007, background): “More recent work by Adams et al. (2006) has demonstrated that even the mere hint of sexism can negatively impact both women’s perceptions of an academic setting and their own performance within that setting.”