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Podcast: Support, Protect, Empower - The Project Purpose Podcast
Episode: How Gender, Attractiveness & Intelligence (Mis)Inform Our Expectations of Each Other's Agreeability
Description: How Gender, Attractiveness & Intelligence (Mis)Inform Our Expectations of Each Other's Agreeability
Everyday we navigate a sea of strangers.
If any of them are lucky enough to catch your attention, one of the first narratives you'll craft about the unsuspecting stranger speaks to your estimation of how agreeable they might be. Which serves to inform you on how much you think you'll like that person.
It's time to address our unconscious bias.
All the factors that tend to inform this "judgy" introspection? Your internalized norms about gender, how you rate them on attractiveness, and how intelligent you assume they...