Rethinking restroom equity: How mixed-gender designs improve access in public venues

Next time you're at a concert, sports game, or crowded event, your restroom experience might be a lot better thanks to new ...
Frontiers

Language, Culture, and Gender Bias in AI-Driven Educational Platforms: Implications for Inclusive STEM Classrooms in the Global South

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping educational practices worldwide, particularly in Science, Technology, Engineering, ...

Why women on LinkedIn are masquerading as men

Megan Cornish had spent months puzzling about her waning reach on LinkedIn when she decided to run a test: She recast her profile to seem more like a guy. Within a week, her impressions on the careers ...
The Conversation

The toy aisle is still full of gender bias. Here’s how to navigate it these holidays

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Law

In Gender Bias Appeal, 9th Circuit Eyes Viability of Compulsory Arbitration Under Statutes

In a case that interrogates the scope of the federal Ending Forced Arbitration Act and the definition of sexual harassment under state laws, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit considered ...
City Journal

The Essentialism Bias in Transgender Medicine

Gender-affirming pediatricians don’t offer uncertainty. They offer the confidence of settled science: the young people who enter their clinics are “transgender,” and medical interventions, such as ...
News4Jax

STEM stereotypes: Why gender bias is still impacting young girls

ORLANDO, Fla. – Who invents tomorrow’s future is being decided in today’s classrooms. But after the pandemic, major tests show girls’ scores slipped more in eighth-grade math and science, reopening a ...
Mother Jones

It’s True: The Internet Skews the Reality of Women (and Men) in the Workforce

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In the 1970s, when researchers asked children to draw a scientist, 99 percent of them ...
Arizona Daily Star

Gender bias still strong in science, engineering fields; parity at University of Arizona proves elusive

Factors keeping women out It's not always bias or lack of effort that keep women out, said Mary Poulton, head of the UA Department of Mining and Geological Engineering. It can be challenging to find ...
IEEE

Gender Biases in AI: Building Inclusive Future in Engineering Education

Abstract: This paper explores gender bias in artificial intelligence (AI) and how AI systems may preserve or intensify existing societal gender biases. A literature review is conducted, in order to ...
Publishers Weekly

The Sneaky Gender Bias in Picture Books: Animal Characters

Melanie Walsh is an assistant professor in the Information School and an adjunct assistant professor in the English department at the University of Washington. She uses data to analyze contemporary ...