Are women less electable? Not if you cut ‘pragmatic bias’
"One aspect of pragmatic bias that is especially pernicious is that people who themselves do not hold gender biases...might still act against women because of what they see around them."
Melissa De Witte-Stanford •
futurity
Feb. 16, 2022 • ~11 min
Feb. 16, 2022 • ~11 min
In countries more biased against women, higher COVID-19 death rates for men might not tell an accurate story
Some countries report higher rates of COVID-19 cases and deaths among men. This might be due to underreporting among women with limited health access.
Jason Weinman, Associate Professor of Radiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
• conversation
Feb. 10, 2022 • ~7 min
Feb. 10, 2022 • ~7 min
Not everyone is male or female – the growing controversy over sex designation
Millions of people do not fit neatly into male or female sex designations at birth, and wrong identification can set them up for a lifetime of physical and mental harm.
Frances Grimstad, Assistant Professor of Gynecology, Harvard Medical School •
conversation
Feb. 4, 2022 • ~7 min
Feb. 4, 2022 • ~7 min
More women in a STEM field leads people to label it as a 'soft science,' according to new research
The proportion of women in a discipline influences how rigorous and trustworthy people rate the field overall, as well as whether they categorize a STEM field as a ‘hard’ or ‘soft’ science.
Alysson Light, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of the Sciences •
conversation
Jan. 24, 2022 • ~7 min
Jan. 24, 2022 • ~7 min
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