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Some gender-neutral terms in my field

Open francoisluks opened this issue 6 months ago • 0 comments

I am new to this, so forgive me if this has been brought up before; either way, I would appreciate any help. I have been using the Gender Bias calculator for a few years now, and I really like it - but: there are a few 'male' terms that, in my field, are not so much gender-related as they are academic career-related (see below). For example, someone who has many publications, grants and/or manuscripts is typically someone who is further along in their career, not more likely male. (I realize that there is a gender disparity at the top of academia, but if I praise someone for their publications or grants, it doesn't mean that they are male: case in point, the last 10 letters I wrote to support promotion of women surgeons all skewed heavily male.

(If the algorithm skews male for a female candidate, is that seen as a compliment??)

Is there a way to alter the calculator for specific fields or study or profession?

Thanks

"experiment\w*" "scholarship" "result\w*" "publication\w*" "publish\w*" "manuscript\w*" "project\w*" "grant"

francoisluks avatar Aug 06 '24 16:08 francoisluks