An old article, but I just stumbled upon it and found it enlightening. The trope of criticizing women for the way they talk has deeper implications than I thought.

  • luciole (he/him)OP
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    172 years ago

    Good analogy! More recently, the same kind of thing is happening with facial recognition software.

    • Pigeon
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      102 years ago

      This also still happens sometimes with shit like motion detectors for automatic/touchless sinks and paper dispensers, when they’re designed and tested by by white people who don’t make sure they’ll detect black hands.

      • liv
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        42 years ago

        And blood oxygen monitors are less reliable too.