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News that female vets are discriminated against in the workplace will come as no surprise to many. Research published by this journal earlier this year found that female vets are losing out to their male peers in terms of pay. It’s also well known that, despite a female majority across the profession as a whole, men outnumber women in the more senior roles. However, while the pay gap and the underrepresentation of women in leadership positions may be visible manifestations of inequality, psychologists at the University of Exeter are now suggesting that female vets experience more subtle forms of discrimination too. Intriguingly, it seems that those who are most likely to discriminate against women are those who believe that sex discrimination has been consigned to history. The research, …