#gender

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Currently questioning my gender identity, which is new to me. (Yes, this can be quite a journey, I guess.)
Yesterday I saw a YouTube video where the youTuber criticized relationship advice on TikTok which had role models like from the 1950ies, focussing on "feminine energy" vs. "masculine energy".
These TikTok videos were quite ridiculous or even harmful and I also thought, "I don't want feminine energy for myself. I also don't want masculine energy. Just not interested in any of that."

Why do so many virtual assistants have higher-pitched, stereotypically female voices? National Geographic says that it's to do with a perception of subservience. "Users were more likely to attribute stereotypes like 'delicate' and 'empathetic' to female-coded voices, while male-coded voices sounded 'dominant,'" writes Erin Blakemore. And there's also the so-called "women-are-wonderful" effect. “In the end, what people look for is what increases engagement,” Naim Zirau, a former academic who now works as a senior AI engineer at IBM told Blakemore. Here's more.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/female-voice-assistants-siri-alexa-woman

Even People magazine is covering this 👇🏼

"The proposed policies in Project 2025's mandate stem from four stated goals. In its words: restoring the family as the centerpiece of American life, dismantling the administrative state, defending the nation's sovereignty and securing God-given individual rights."

https://people.com/what-is-project-2025-inside-far-right-plan-trump-presidency-8622964

‘Mansplaining’ UK election coverage marginalises women’s concerns, study finds | General election 2024 | The Guardian

“Previously, women’s issues when they appeared in the media would have been around health, mothering, childcare,” said Kay. “What we’re seeing in this election is that women’s issues are being framed around the conflict around ‘gender ideology’. A potential interesting finding is how that focus might be crowding out other issues pertaining to women.”

Finally someone starts to join the dots that the manufactured controversy around trans women's existence is a UK smokescreen for the real gender inequality issues facing women ...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/30/mansplaining-uk-election-coverage-marginalises-womens-concerns-study-finds

Today on Assigned:

Maybe you've heard that trans people have brains more similar to cis people of their post-transition gender?

Maybe you've wondered what brain scans of trans people on hormones reveal about the ways hormones impact our brains?

WE HAVE AN ARTICLE FOR YOU!

Take is a close look at what the science says- and doesn't say- about the brains of trans people.

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/transgender-brain-scan-research-what-do-we-know