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> I know there are people who consider it important to raise the profile of prominent women because of perceptions of bias like this. This could be a self-perpe
by 908B64B197 5y ago
> I know there are people who consider it important to raise the profile of prominent women because of perceptions of bias like this. This could be a self-perpetuating cycle if that initiative results in creating more profiles of women of borderline notability, you would expect people following a uniform standard to be more likely to nominate women's articles for deletion.
It's also demoralizing for women/minorities.
When you lower the bar for achievements for some groups it paints them as less capable than others.