"The gendered marketing of children's toys is under considerable scrutiny, as reflected by numerous consumer-led campaigns and vigorous media debates." - Fine & Rush (2017). Journal of Business Ethics
Here you will find selected academic works concerning the influence of various biases and attitudes on judgment and decision-making, as well as related ethical considerations.
Popular contributions include People who see men and women as fundamentally different are more likely to accept workplace discrimination (with psychologist Professor Nick Haslam) in The Conversation.
LATEST RESEARCH
"As #MeToo continues to provoke debate in Australia, this research provides timely information about the factors that may affect support for sexual misconduct investigations, and the sources of disagreements on this topic."
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"Cesario argues that experimental studies of bias tell us little about why group disparities exist. We argue that Cesario's alternative approach implicitly frames understanding of group disparities as a false binary between “bias” and “group differences.” This, we suggest, will contribute little to our understanding of the complex dynamics that produce group disparities, and risks inappropriately rationalizing them."
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Academic Work
In both [Australian and Denmark], gender essentialism was associated with anti-egalitarian gender attitudes and beliefs, independently of political orientation and general acceptance of social hierarchy. In other words, gender essentialists don’t oppose gender equality simply because they are conservative or generically anti-egalitarian." |