Studies Show

We discuss representations of love in the media, heteronormative dating apps, and the algorithms behind the technology which more and more people are using to find "love." What does the data show? What are the limits of our free will in modern dating - are our decisions being invisibly guided? Articles discussed: "How AI Can Help You Find a Date" https://venturebeat.com/2017/01/11/how-ai-can-help-you-find-a-date/ OkCupid Data: https://theblog.okcupid.com/we-experiment-on-human-beings-5dd9fe280cd5 How Dating Services Tinker with Algorithms: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dating-services-tinker-with-the-algorithms-of-love/ More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/11/11/the-one-thing-about-matching-algorithms-that-dating-sites-dont-want-you-to-know/?utm_term=.f892b8d8a5cf http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shelly-palmer/big-dating-its-a-data-science_b_6919594.html http://www.sfchronicle.com/style/article/Critics-challenge-the-science-behind-online-6115202.php [Music by Yusuf Siddiquee]

We sit down with Samara Mejia Hernandez, Senior Associate at MATH Venture Partners, and Sabrina Mutukisna, co-founder and CEO of The Town Kitchen, to discuss bias and discrimination in tech. More about Sabrina and The Town Kitchen: https://thetownkitchen.com/about/ More about Samara and MATH Venture Partners: http://www.mathventurepartners.com/samara-mejia Discussed in this episode: “Why Your Boss is Still a White Guy” http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/hub/ct-boss-white-guy-diversity-views-hub-bsi-20161206-story.html “Overconfidence is the biggest psychological predictor of whether or not you’re going to become an entrepreneur.” http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/why-are-there-more-male-entrepreneurs-than-female-ones/ Importance of women funding women: https://hbr.org/2016/07/research-the-gender-gap-in-startup-success-disappears-when-women-fund-women 84% of women have been told they’re too aggressive: https://www.elephantinthevalley.com/ 100% of women of color in STEM have experience bias http://fortune.com/2015/01/26/study-100-of-women-of-color-in-stem-experience-bias/ [Music by Yusuf Siddiquee]

After a few weeks away, we're getting back into Studies Show and recording new episodes. Here's a brief update on what we've been up to, and look for another new post very soon!

We discuss the New York Times op-ed, "Do Millenial Men What Stay-at-Home Wives?": https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/opinion/sunday/do-millennial-men-want-stay-at-home-wives.html Pepin and Cotter research: https://contemporaryfamilies.org/2-pepin-cotter-traditionalism/ Fate-Dixon research: https://contemporaryfamilies.org/7-fate-dixon-millennials-rethinking-gender-revolution/ Update and analysis of GSS Survey Data: https://scatter.wordpress.com/2017/04/01/adventures-in-garbage-millennial-confirmation-bias/ Intro music by Yusuf Siddiquee

A discussion of a recent Los Angeles Times Op-Ed titled "The Futility of Gender-Neutral Parenting," Bias and Priming in Studies, and The Need for Historical and Social Context Link to op-ed: www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-soh-gender-neutral-parenting-20170106-story.html Study discussed (Preferences for ‘Gender-typed’ Toys in Boys and Girls): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/icd.1986/abstract The meta-analysis of brain structure mentioned: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763413003011 Intro music by Yusuf Siddiquee