Organizations like to describe women as "abrasive"

The gender bias in performance reviews can be pretty ridiculous.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K98LeCskPWo&w=620&h=315]

More evidence that performance reviews are a bit of a train wreck: the context around them is very different dependent on what gender you are. If you're a woman, they're likely to be more negative -- if you're a man? Less so. Here's a chart, courtesy of Fast Company:

Stunning stat No. 1: 58…