Comments on: Did you mean to search for a man? http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/01/02/did-you-mean-to-search-for-a-man/ Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:59:08 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: a smart girl http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/01/02/did-you-mean-to-search-for-a-man/comment-page-1/#comment-625 a smart girl Wed, 03 Jan 2007 20:49:21 +0000 http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/01/02/did-you-mean-to-search-for-a-man/#comment-625 Great site - linked you to ours today at smartgirlsrock.com. I started the site when I got tired of people coming into my NASA store and saying "this stuff is great, now where can I go shop for a girl?" Great site – linked you to ours today at smartgirlsrock.com. I started the site when I got tired of people coming into my NASA store and saying “this stuff is great, now where can I go shop for a girl?”

]]> By: charlieanders http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/01/02/did-you-mean-to-search-for-a-man/comment-page-1/#comment-620 charlieanders Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:24:09 +0000 http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/01/02/did-you-mean-to-search-for-a-man/#comment-620 Wow, Tricia. That's really really interesting. I sent it on to a friend of mine who works at Hyphen. Wow, Tricia. That’s really really interesting. I sent it on to a friend of mine who works at Hyphen.

]]> By: tricia http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/01/02/did-you-mean-to-search-for-a-man/comment-page-1/#comment-618 tricia Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:52:20 +0000 http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/01/02/did-you-mean-to-search-for-a-man/#comment-618 hey I love that you tried this - I did a similar experiment on google's search engines <a href="http://triciawang.vox.com/library/post/search-algorithms-as-revealing-of-social-stereotypes.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>: hey I love that you tried this – I did a similar experiment on google’s search engines here:

]]> By: charlieanders http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/01/02/did-you-mean-to-search-for-a-man/comment-page-1/#comment-603 charlieanders Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:56:57 +0000 http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/01/02/did-you-mean-to-search-for-a-man/#comment-603 Steve, I think you're right that female authorities are quoted less often on science than male authorities. Although both searches (he says and she says) come up with plenty of hits. But yeah, either there's a shortage of authorities, or a preference for quoting men, or most likely both. Steve, I think you’re right that female authorities are quoted less often on science than male authorities. Although both searches (he says and she says) come up with plenty of hits. But yeah, either there’s a shortage of authorities, or a preference for quoting men, or most likely both.

]]> By: heather http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/01/02/did-you-mean-to-search-for-a-man/comment-page-1/#comment-602 heather Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:55:13 +0000 http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/01/02/did-you-mean-to-search-for-a-man/#comment-602 uh, that's not just weird, that's creepy. i hope it's simply based on an algorithm of likely responses (more male biologists, female nurses, etc), because the alternative is awfully sexist. uh, that’s not just weird, that’s creepy. i hope it’s simply based on an algorithm of likely responses (more male biologists, female nurses, etc), because the alternative is awfully sexist.

]]> By: Steve Tose http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/01/02/did-you-mean-to-search-for-a-man/comment-page-1/#comment-600 Steve Tose Tue, 02 Jan 2007 23:56:40 +0000 http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/01/02/did-you-mean-to-search-for-a-man/#comment-600 The search 'teacher OR nurse OR housekeeper “he says” ' does not recommend an additional search. Neither 'professor OR doctor OR architect “she says” ' nor 'professor OR doctor OR architect “he says” ' results in further suggestions. Single quotes apparently work better than / The search ‘teacher OR nurse OR housekeeper “he says” ‘ does not recommend an additional search. Neither ‘professor OR doctor OR architect “she says” ‘ nor ‘professor OR doctor OR architect “he says” ‘ results in further suggestions.

Single quotes apparently work better than /

]]> By: Steve Tose http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/01/02/did-you-mean-to-search-for-a-man/comment-page-1/#comment-599 Steve Tose Tue, 02 Jan 2007 23:54:02 +0000 http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/01/02/did-you-mean-to-search-for-a-man/#comment-599 The search > does not recommend an additional search. Neither > nor > results in further suggestions. Apparently educational, medical, and house related authorities are not quoted nearly as widely on the web as scientific sources. At least may be why neither gender is quoted often enough with "a person says" to alter the results. I assume there is not a 50/50 split as my mother is a teacher and claims a huge shortage of male teachers exists. Perhaps they're shy about being quoted on the web... The first search's results possibly show a disproportional shortage of women -- in roles of authority -- in the scientific community. Therefore less quoted. Or it shows a preference by the web creators of the english-speaking world for quotes from male scientists. I suspect both, unfortunately. I would hope I would notice that preference for more often quoting male sources when a female source was available, we'll see. Perhaps an apparently often cited female (or male) educational professional should do a study on quotes from women scientists. The search > does not recommend an additional search. Neither > nor > results in further suggestions.

Apparently educational, medical, and house related authorities are not quoted nearly as widely on the web as scientific sources. At least may be why neither gender is quoted often enough with “a person says” to alter the results. I assume there is not a 50/50 split as my mother is a teacher and claims a huge shortage of male teachers exists. Perhaps they’re shy about being quoted on the web…

The first search’s results possibly show a disproportional shortage of women — in roles of authority — in the scientific community. Therefore less quoted. Or it shows a preference by the web creators of the english-speaking world for quotes from male scientists. I suspect both, unfortunately.

I would hope I would notice that preference for more often quoting male sources when a female source was available, we’ll see. Perhaps an apparently often cited female (or male) educational professional should do a study on quotes from women scientists.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/01/02/did-you-mean-to-search-for-a-man/comment-page-1/#comment-598 Anonymous Tue, 02 Jan 2007 23:53:33 +0000 http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/01/02/did-you-mean-to-search-for-a-man/#comment-598 The search > does not recommend an additional search. Neither > nor > results in further suggestions. Apparently educational, medical, and house related authorities are not quoted nearly as widely on the web as scientific sources. At least may be why neither gender is quoted often enough with "a person says" to alter the results. I assume there is not a 50/50 split as my mother is a teacher and claims a huge shortage of male teachers exists. Perhaps they're shy about being quoted on the web... The first search's results possibly show a disproportional shortage of women -- in roles of authority -- in the scientific community. Therefore less quoted. Or it shows a preference by the web creators of the english-speaking world for quotes from male scientists. I suspect both, unfortunately. I would hope I would notice that preference for more often quoting male sources when a female source was available, we'll see. Perhaps an apparently often cited female (or male) educational professional should do a study on quotes from women scientists. The search > does not recommend an additional search. Neither > nor > results in further suggestions.

Apparently educational, medical, and house related authorities are not quoted nearly as widely on the web as scientific sources. At least may be why neither gender is quoted often enough with “a person says” to alter the results. I assume there is not a 50/50 split as my mother is a teacher and claims a huge shortage of male teachers exists. Perhaps they’re shy about being quoted on the web…

The first search’s results possibly show a disproportional shortage of women — in roles of authority — in the scientific community. Therefore less quoted. Or it shows a preference by the web creators of the english-speaking world for quotes from male scientists. I suspect both, unfortunately.

I would hope I would notice that preference for more often quoting male sources when a female source was available, we’ll see. Perhaps an apparently often cited female (or male) educational professional should do a study on quotes from women scientists.

]]> By: Revena http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/01/02/did-you-mean-to-search-for-a-man/comment-page-1/#comment-595 Revena Tue, 02 Jan 2007 23:11:27 +0000 http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/01/02/did-you-mean-to-search-for-a-man/#comment-595 Yeah, that's pretty weird. Out of curiousity, I just tried the "teacher OR nurse OR housekeeper" with "he says", and I didn't get a suggested correction on that one. Dunno what I think that means, but it's odd. Yeah, that’s pretty weird. Out of curiousity, I just tried the “teacher OR nurse OR housekeeper” with “he says”, and I didn’t get a suggested correction on that one.

Dunno what I think that means, but it’s odd.

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