Women are human too, but not according to the internet

Authors

  • April Bailey New York University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25250/thescbr.brk719

Keywords:

gender, language, sexism

Abstract

Men and women are each about half the population. Recent studies revealed that according to billions of words on the internet, people think of a “human” more as a man than a woman. Such gender bias in our collective understanding of a “human” may privilege men, and might create costs and risks for others.

Author Biography

April Bailey, New York University

Professor

Original article reference

Bailey, A. H., Williams, A., & Cimpian, A. (2022). Based on billions of words on the internet, <scp>people</scp> = <scp>men</scp>. Science Advances, 8(13). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abm2463

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Published

2023-07-17