*Quotations without footnotes and in italics are from my own research. Identifiers have been added only where the surrounding context does not make identity clear enough.

*When I describe the results of our studies, for simplicity I say, for example, “engineers” rather than “respondents to our survey.” See the appendix for details.

*For readability, I will not repeat “tend to be” every time I make a statement about a group. Keep in mind that all generalizations about groups reflect tendencies, not absolutes.

*Our surveys sometimes use the category “Asian Americans,” sometimes “people of Asian descent” (which includes immigrants). I use the terms interchangeably for readability. For brevity, some figures use the abbreviation “API women” or “API ...

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