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Just spent a few minutes in the car listening to today’s Talk of the Nation on NPR. The topic is, why are there so few female voices in political journalism? The answers are, of course, complex, and the issue extends far beyond political journalism.
And a thought occurred to me, as I’m writing a paper to present this weekend at a conference: I tend to quote men. It’s true. Like most other people, I have an implicit bias towards men when it comes to giving automatic credibility to expressed opinions or published research.
Not getting into the whys and hows of this issue, nor indeed into whether it’s a problem (after all, there is more writing authored by men in the first place). But I’m going to make a conscious effort to cite more women over the next few conference papers, and see what happens. I’m curious as to whether I can actually find enough such citations to get to a 50-50 ratio.
March 30th, 2005 at 3:51 pm
Interestingly, I tend to research and quote women significantly more than men. On the other hand, I acknowledge and embrace my blatant sexism, in that regard.
March 31st, 2005 at 8:29 am
In library and information science, that doesn’t seem to be a problem. Both genders are well-represented in the field. Lucky me!