Women are not believed, one legal whitepaper finds. “Laws meant to protect women and deter further abuse often fail to achieve their purpose, because women telling stories of abuse by their male ...

A new in-depth case study in Science finds that faculty hiring rubrics—also called criterion checklists or evaluation tools—helped mitigate gender bias in these decisions. At the same time, ...

Gender bias in paper citations is less common among younger scientists, but it still plays a part in making women’s research less visible. The study’s authors say that the imbalance is caused in part ...

March is Women's History Month. As far as we have come in 2024, gender stereotypes continue to impede women’s career advancement. In a 2024 Annual Reviews article, Heilman, Caleo, and Manzi highlight ...

Two new studies on gender bias in student evaluations of teaching look at the phenomenon from fresh—and troubling—angles. One study surveyed students at the beginning of the semester and after their ...

AI systems like ChatGPT amplify gender biases. Studies show LLMs use stereotypical adjectives for men and women, reflecting biases in training data. Female-default voices for digital assistants ...

When Charlotte Moser started graduate school, she was the only woman in a shared office with four male students. One day, a classmate casually remarked that he wished she weren’t there so the office ...

Algorithms have become a staple in the digital age, influencing everything from news feeds to health care delivery. But these aggregated lists of results have come under fire from some lawmakers after ...

Australia's largest media study tracking gender bias in news reporting reveals a mixed report card for newsrooms. The report by the Women's Leadership Institute Australia (WLIA) shows business news ...

The mental health of those who do not identify as men has long been misunderstood and stigmatized, even leading to disproportionately harsh treatment. In ancient times, "hysteria"—derived from the ...

The AI revolution isn't ahead of us; it's here. But, for a technology that's been heralded as the future, it risks bringing with it problems from the past. Women are adopting generative AI technology ...