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3 Reasons Why It Pays to Not Let Sexist Comments Slide

Your colleague Jim calls you "honey" or makes cracks about women drivers. Comments like these are not necessarily meant to cause insult, but they are harmful nonetheless, because they perpetuate stereotypic views of women. If you found yourself in a situation like this, what would you do?READ»

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Why Sexist/Offensive Comments Online Should Not Be Tolerated

Fast Company's Women in Web 2.0 article caused a minor uproar in the Digg community when I called out several commenters who posted comments that I, and many of the women I interviewed for the piece, found overtly sexist and/or ...READ»

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Are Idea Systems Biased?

One of the interesting pieces of information that we uncovered while doing the research for Ideas Are Free was that some idea schemes show a strong gender bias. This was particularly true with the suggestion systems we saw in Sweden. ...READ»