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This is a link post The totaljobs Gender Bias Decoder
Yes, this is a thing.

*facepalms*
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Wed 7 Mar 2018, 11:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post Jesus fuck.

(Huw Edwards #notalljews, Wed 7 Mar 2018, 11:58, , Reply)
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Not gender neutral. Try again.
 (I helped save b3ta! sm.pl.crt.rs I don't fucking know, do I?, Wed 7 Mar 2018, 12:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post Doesn't recognise forefathers
Or spokesman.
 (I helped save b3ta! Mr Mann I love pigs, best of all the animals, Wed 7 Mar 2018, 12:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post "As he went to the toilet he realised it was a hotbed of homosexuals"
Your text contains...
0 male-gendered words
0 female-gendered words

About as useful as their shitty jobsite by the look of things
 (I helped save b3ta! TownsendsPublisher is all gravy baby, Wed 7 Mar 2018, 12:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post "the ideal candidate would have a penis and a beard"
Your text contains...
0 male-gendered words
0 female-gendered words

In the clear! Get in!
 (I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Wed 7 Mar 2018, 12:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post You assume a penis and a beard are male gendered?
Obviously never been to Wigan
 (I helped save b3ta! TownsendsPublisher is all gravy baby, Wed 7 Mar 2018, 12:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post Those pies are a surprisingly rich source of testosterone.

(I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Wed 7 Mar 2018, 12:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post George Clooney?

(I helped save b3ta! My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Thu 8 Mar 2018, 0:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post '0 male-gendered words/0 female-gendered words'
We want to improve every aspect of startup culture, and that includes long hours. We still work plenty, but we try our best to end our day around 5 or 6, so that everyone with a penis can eat dinner at a healthy hour, spend time with their kids, or get in a workout.
 (I helped save b3ta! Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Wed 7 Mar 2018, 12:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post See in the good old days that would be 'so that everyone with a penis can go down the pub.'

(I helped save b3ta! stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Wed 7 Mar 2018, 19:46, , Reply)
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The idea behind this seems not to be some exercise in telling people off for having a willy, but just recognising that if the reader is one gender then there has been a measurable bias against applicants whose language is gendered opposite. If the reader is a man then they are more likely to view other men favourably and likewise with women.

It's right there on the page:
"Research has studied this effect in job ads. It found that people were less likely to respond to ads that had words biased in favour of the opposite gender."
 (I helped save b3ta! clockworkrat has nice pants, Wed 7 Mar 2018, 12:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post It's true.
I've been put off applying for jobs as a wet nurse because of their gender bias language.
 (I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Wed 7 Mar 2018, 13:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post Really? You read the words they say will put of people applying and saw nothing wrong?
It's bloody insulting to both men and women.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Wed 7 Mar 2018, 13:13, , Reply)
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Gendered words in this context refers to words more likely to be used by a man or a woman, so for example men are more likely to describe themselves in a job application as "independent" whilst women are more likely to describe themselves as compassionate. Even if an application has the applicant's gender hidden from the reader, the language can subconsciously (or consciously) indicate to the reader what gender the applicant is, and bias then in favour or against.

It's not insulting, dangerous, stupid, or any of the other daft shit people have been posting. It's an effect that has been measured by analysing responses to thousands of applications.

But we like to have a laugh here and I'm getting too soapboxy, so boobs, poop and B===D~
 (I helped save b3ta! clockworkrat has nice pants, Wed 7 Mar 2018, 23:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post It does read as insulting,
but I think the thing to feel insulted about is the distribution of those words that already exists in job ads, not the way this webpage is using them. That's that the research they link to identifies.

I also thought this was really stupid when I saw the link, but the site and the research aren't making claims that certain words are more manly or feminine than others- they're making a claim about the way using those words in a job ad might contain hidden presuppositions about the gender of the ideal candidate, which people actually respond to knowingly or unknowingly.

www.fortefoundation.org/site/DocServer/gendered_wording_JPSP.pdf?docID=16121
 (I helped save b3ta! the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Thu 8 Mar 2018, 0:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post Implusive isn't a word
Gendered or not.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 7 Mar 2018, 13:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post Just copied in lyrics from Sheryl Crow's All I Wanna Do..
...nothing, bag of shit, D--- would not use again!!
 (I helped save b3ta! transparenttown Dead to worse..., Wed 7 Mar 2018, 14:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post Dinner lady
= '0 female-gendered words'




Aye, ok
 (I helped save b3ta! Flash_Bastard, Wed 7 Mar 2018, 14:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post I came here to say this
ha ha
(I helped save b3ta! buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Wed 7 Mar 2018, 17:26, , Reply)