I was at and engineering college in India a few years ago and frequently saw a version of what you described in this post. I am reading this book and just the first 100 pages have been a revelation - such ignorance I lived with.
Everything you wrote about resonated so well with me, and I assume most women I know would say the same. I am an architect and this disparity between female and male architects is so apparent. I am sure other fields face this disparity too. I also 100% agree with you on the biases of AI, because after all its learning from data, and the data is biased because of the biases of our society. I wrote a blog about this bias in data in my blog https://open.substack.com/pub/architecturefeminismandme/p/ai-and-the-feminist-city?r=1711lq&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post too!
Thanks for this piece Kavitha. Will definitely pick up this book.
Gender bias is so ingrained into our psyche that women start believing that they are inferior in some way to their male counterparts and, once that thought sets in, it starts manifesting in multiple ways. You start rationalising on why you are not called into important meetings, why you are kept out of key projects, why you are not trusted with delivering on tight targets. I have personally faced some of these in my career and was shocked to see some of my own reactions! If this can happen to highly educated women, I dread to think of the plight of other women.
I was at and engineering college in India a few years ago and frequently saw a version of what you described in this post. I am reading this book and just the first 100 pages have been a revelation - such ignorance I lived with.
Am glad you are reading the book. I was mind blown too, and my world view shifted significantly after reading it.
Everything you wrote about resonated so well with me, and I assume most women I know would say the same. I am an architect and this disparity between female and male architects is so apparent. I am sure other fields face this disparity too. I also 100% agree with you on the biases of AI, because after all its learning from data, and the data is biased because of the biases of our society. I wrote a blog about this bias in data in my blog https://open.substack.com/pub/architecturefeminismandme/p/ai-and-the-feminist-city?r=1711lq&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post too!
Very interesting article. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for this piece Kavitha. Will definitely pick up this book.
Gender bias is so ingrained into our psyche that women start believing that they are inferior in some way to their male counterparts and, once that thought sets in, it starts manifesting in multiple ways. You start rationalising on why you are not called into important meetings, why you are kept out of key projects, why you are not trusted with delivering on tight targets. I have personally faced some of these in my career and was shocked to see some of my own reactions! If this can happen to highly educated women, I dread to think of the plight of other women.
Thanks Swati. This is so true. The second guessing is draining.