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New Study Exposes Gender Bias in Tech Job Listings

4 pointsby kevin_morrillabout 12 years ago

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kevin_morrillabout 12 years ago
I was a bit shocked to see this printed in Wired. They're claiming that "analyze," "determine," "leader," "competitive" and "dominant" are masculine code speak. Am I insensitive for feeling these are gender neutral words?<p>Full paper at <a href="http://www.fortefoundation.org/site/DocServer/gendered_wording_JPSP.pdf?docID=16121" rel="nofollow">http://www.fortefoundation.org/site/DocServer/gendered_wordi...</a>