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Seriously? "At no point have you mentioned gender, but are you sure you're not being subconsciously sexist?" Perhaps n72 should also consider checking his priv

• lazaroclapp 12y ago
  Yes, for sure. I catch myself making dumb assumptions based on stereotypes all the time, and I probably miss far more times than those I am aware of. Gender is sort of an "usual suspect" for this sort of thing, so, why not bring it to the foreground? Not implying malice or fault, just "hey, maybe this well-documented bias is influencing some of your judgments". Which was n72's - largely valid and well made - point as well. In general, being aware of common social biases is a bit like being aware of logical fallacies: pretty useful in debugging your thoughts. In any case, most of my emphasis was on the bias of discounting "soft skills", rather than gender bias.