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https://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/at-work/tech-careers/in-the-tech-world-it-really-helps-when-people-think-youre-male>
"The cofounders of Witchsy, an online marketplace for dark or funny art that
wasn’t a good fit for other arts marketplaces, last year accidentally conducted
an experiment on sexism in tech."
Via Kam-Yung Soh, who added:
I could call this the 'Remington Steele' effect
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remington_Steele>. I wonder if this also has
an effect on people with non-English names like those from East Asia and the
Indian Subcontinent when the 'Western Tech World' encounters them. I presume
those in the West are less familiar with gendered non-English names. For
example, can you tell if I am male or female just from my name?
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
