"He, she, or ... ? Gender-neutral pronouns reduce biases – study"

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I have NEVER seen someone do that, lol.

So, tell me, what was the actual study?

Did like 45 angry leftist women & sexual minorities get together and, when exposed to their own propaganda, report that they were satisfied?

Seriously, where's the meat and potatoes?

Or, should I say... Tofu & decaf cappucinos?

I would be greatly surprised if this is a large scale study and if the test falls below the smirk threshold of conservatives.

@patzering said
I want to be addressed as a 17 year old

I'll address you as a 7 year old .. it seems more appropriate.

@wolfgang59 said
I'll address you as a 7 year old .. it seems more appropriate.

Too late!

Now I'm a Chinese woman of middle age. 🤗

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The study is cleverly biased in favour of its outcomes. The cartoon which is the catalyst for the entire study is not gender neutral.

Yes it depicts a gender neutral figure, but what is occurring in the image is not gender neutral. The gender neutral figure is clearly being pulled along against its will by a very small dog. The inference is reflective of the more frequent everyday happenstance where a woman, perhaps a smaller woman is being pulled along her dog. This is more frequently seen than a man being pulled along by a dog because men are statistically larger and stronger than women.

Therefore, yes, subjects were less likely to identify it with male names. It’s obvious.

I’m surprised you didn’t pick up on this blatantly obvious bias in a study about bias, perhaps you did. But I’m not surprised that the guardian decided to give it column space anyway.

@philokalia said
So, tell me, what was the actual study?
Seriously, where's the meat and potatoes?

The “actual study” is linked in the guardian article which you obviously didn’t bother to read.

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What has any of this got to do with my post about the bias in the study?

Did you read my post, you don’t need a subscription to do so.

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I see so now you can post crappy links to the guardian with complete impunity by hiding behind subscriptions to academic libraries. I suppose you bought a subscription, read the full article, in detail, then decided to post a link to a newspaper.

Incidentally I read the Guardian article in full and followed the link there to the article/study to ready introduction, background and abstract. I didn’t see any need to read further as the cartoon in the study is the flaw in it.

Edit - here you go,

Significance
Evidence from 3 survey experiments traces the effects of gender-neutral pronoun use on mass judgments of gender equality and tolerance toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities. The results establish that individual use of gender-neutral pronouns reduces the mental salience of males. This shift is associated with people expressing less bias in favor of traditional gender roles and categories, as manifested in more positive attitudes toward women and LGBT individuals in public affairs.

Abstract
To improve gender equality and tolerance toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities, several nations have promoted the use of gender-neutral pronouns and words. Do these linguistic devices actually reduce biases that favor men over women, gays, lesbians, and transgender individuals? The current article explores this question with 3 large-scale experiments in Sweden, which formally incorporated a gender-neutral pronoun into its language alongside established gendered pronouns equivalent to he and she. The evidence shows that compared with masculine pronouns, use of gender-neutral pronouns decreases the mental salience of males. This shift is associated with individuals expressing less bias in favor of traditional gender roles and categories, as reflected in more favorable attitudes toward women and LGBT individuals in public life. Additional analyses reveal similar patterns for feminine pronouns. The influence of both pronouns is more automatic than controlled.

Yes you need to subscribe to read the rest but why bother, the study is fundamental flawed.

@mott-the-hoople said
and you cant figure out why we have mass killing. Truly fuked up people.

With easy access to guns.