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It is hard to believe that flirtatious women get fewer raises and promotions. However, it is known that women are often discriminated against by their male co-workers and managers. I have read many articles on women’s salaries, raises and promotions. It is very well-known that they get paid less, get smaller raises and are less promoted than man. I can see the point of not giving raises to flirtatious women and not promoting them, perhaps because they have very good soft skills and not very good hard skills. I believe that a little flirtatious behavior is acceptable, but this should be done at the right time and place. Many people interpret flirtatious behavior differently. I think that flirting at work causes disorder and lack of productivity. The author claims that this study is statistically significant but I have doubts that it is a good representation for the whole country as the study was done locally. It would be interesting to see the results of a study done in all the major metropolitan areas in the US – seeing that the sample size was so small.