Women: Sexist fiction is alienating

How Sexist is Aristotle's Developmental Biology?

Th e aim of this paper is to evaluate the level of gender bias in Aristotle’s Generation of Animals while exercising due care in the analysis of its arguments. I argue that while the GA theory is clearly sexist, the traditional interpretation fails to diagnose the problem correctly. Th e traditional interpretation focuses on three main sources of evidence: (1) Aristotle’s claim that the female ...

Why Do More Women Read Fiction?

Are Evolutionary Processes Sexist??

Sexist Games=Sexist Gamers? A Longitudinal Study on the Relationship Between Video Game Use and Sexist Attitudes

From the oversexualized characters in fighting games, such as Dead or Alive or Ninja Gaiden, to the overuse of the damsel in distress trope in popular titles, such as the Super Mario series, the under- and misrepresentation of females in video games has been well documented in several content analyses. Cultivation theory suggests that long-term exposure to media content can affect perceptions o...

The Price Is Sexist: Taste Based Discrimination by Contestants on the Price Is Right

We report evidence of taste-based discrimination by contestants in the One Bid game on The Price Is Right television show. One Bid contestants bid sequentially in an attempt to bid closest to the price of a prize without exceeding it. The last bidder in the game has a dominant “cutoff” strategy of bidding $1 more than another contestant, but this strategy also leaves the target contestant with ...