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This is a very fair argument against the particular anecdote, and it should be raised. But a lot of quite rigorous research, with well developed experimental te
by krastanov 10y ago
This is a very fair argument against the particular anecdote, and it should be raised. But a lot of quite rigorous research, with well developed experimental techniques guarding exactly against those problems, has shown that bias (especially implicit bias of which you are not aware) exists against females in both men and women.
"Implicit Bias" and "Stereotype Threat" are googleable terms that lead to well sourced materials.
- samatman 10y agoAs is "Psychology Replication Crisis".
- krastanov 10y agoAre you claiming that the research on Implicit bias or Stereotype threat is not reproducible (which is provably wrong, just by looking at google scholar search[1])? I would agree with you that the softer sciences historically have had problems with reproducibility and that there is a replication crisis, but I am talking about two specific, well studied (in multiple different settings) phenomena. I do not see how your comment contributes anything in this context. [1]: Admittedly it takes effort to sift through all the noise and find good meta studies. But everything takes effort.
- zzzcpan 10y ago"bias exists against females in both men and women" Biases exist against everyone. I don't get your point, but the riddle was rather misused and had nothing to do with gender bias. It's not really a bias to have a gender associated with a word.
- krastanov 10y agoYes, biases exist against everybody and the riddle is a poor example, but my point was that one poor argument does not invalidate all the research that points in the same direction: In the workplace the biases against women hardly compare to the biases against men.