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It's interesting how flipping the gender provides a different emotional reaction. It reminds me entirely of the rapid sorting test in Blink by Malcolm Gladwell.
by adt2bt 13y ago
It's interesting how flipping the gender provides a different emotional reaction. It reminds me entirely of the rapid sorting test in Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. You are given two categories, such as (White or Good) and (Black or Bad) and sort things on the two axes (face color and goodness). Apparently, people (all colors alike) do far better with the categories as I outlined than if you flipped good and bad, and put white with bad and black with good. Essentially, these stereotypes (white is good, men compete for women as if they are prizes, etc), become a part of everyone. Innately.
I'm curious, if you wanted to make a similar point as the article, but imply that coeducational studies are more productive, how would you do so?
- derefr 13y agoI don't know how much "(White or Good) and (Black or Bad)" being psychologically-ingrained categories has to do with race, though. Some things early homo sapiens knew about, that are white: rice, fatty tissue, soap, and safe sunny environments. Some things they knew about that are black: mold spots, dried blood, charred flesh, and dangerous moonlit environments. (Same for red with "sweet berries, fresh blood, flushed skin, and fire"; green with "medicinal plants, unsafe still water, vomit"; etc.) I bet there wouldn't be nearly as clear an association if the colors were "vaguely dark beige" and "vaguely light brown".
- adt2bt 13y agoInteresting point. Just to clarify, in the original study you were to sort actual images of faces. So when I say white and black, I don't mean they were sorting things such as "rice" to the "white" bin.
- belorn 13y agoMy point (as describe in a above comment) was to illustrate the language used when people describe men and female in their goals. Some concept has become so glued together, than we barely can recognize them outside of their decided roles. I personally think that coeducational studies are more productive, but describing why is hard because it require a kind of bluntness that is unacceptable in current culture.