When counties need fines, more women go to jail

More women go to jail in Washington state counties that depend on court-imposed fines for revenue, research finds.

Kim Eckart-Washington • futurity
March 3, 2022 ~7 min

When counties need fines, more women go to jail

More women go to jail in Washington state counties that depend on court-imposed fines for revenue, research finds.

Kim Eckart-Washington • futurity
March 3, 2022 ~7 min


Gender bias lingers in these Google image searches

A Google image search for a job title like "CEO" might show more women than in the past, but what if you add a location?

Sarah McQuate-Washington • futurity
Feb. 24, 2022 ~8 min

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

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

How cockiness and risk tolerance add to the gender wage gap

Men, notoriously, outearn women in similar jobs. A new paper finds that men’s risk tolerance and overconfidence play a role in wage differences.

Rich Barlow-Boston U. • futurity
Feb. 8, 2022 ~6 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

Men who pay for sex may be key to spread of HIV

To better understand the spread of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, researchers look more closely at the role of men who pay for sex.

McGill University • futurity
Jan. 31, 2022 ~4 min


People are more likely to see male faces in everyday stuff

If you see a face in a tree trunk or your toast in the morning, you're more likely to perceive it as male, a new study shows.

Kirsten Rogan-Queensland • futurity
Jan. 25, 2022 ~4 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

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