Cristina G

“But of course that is because I do not respect myself. Can a man of perception respect himself at all?”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from the Underground

“professors hired at the top fifty US economics departments between 1985 and 2004 found that the policies ultimately led to a 22% decline in women’s chances of gaining tenure at their first job. Meanwhile men’s chances increased by 19%.”
― Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

“The implicit bias is clear: expense codes are based on the assumption that the employee has a wife at home taking care of the home and the kids. This work doesn’t need paying for, because it’s women’s work, and women don’t get paid for it.”
― Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

“Actually, a belief in meritocracy may be all you need – to introduce bias, that is. Studies have shown that a belief in your own personal objectivity, or a belief that you are not sexist, makes you less objective and more likely to behave in a sexist way.”
― Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men