Noticing A Bias Against Women
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I have an example of a time I noticed a bias I had against women. I’m sharing this anecdote so you can see if you have this bias too and take steps to correct it.
Basically, when I write an article, I spend a lot of time imagining how people will respond to it. I suppose this is common among writers. Sometimes I imagine getting hate comments from people who use faulty reasoning. I do this so I can prepare a response in case this does happen.
Well, I noticed that every time I did this, I imagined the comment coming from a woman. You’d think I would notice this immediately but I didn’t, not right away, because the imaginary comment’s gender was deep in the background of my mind. Eventually I realized my bias and started taking steps to imagine these comments coming from other people.
People who might find this article interesting or useful: Julio Salvador Hernandez-Saca (because he writes about self-growth), Kate Fallon (for writing an article about bias), Borja Garcia (by mentioning in his profile that he’s interested in behavioural psychology and bias studies), Leesa Renée (for using her articles to attack and address biases), & Eva After (for demonstrating in her bio that she writes about bias and the patriarchy).
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