APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Putting the "Ted" in Talk: Androcentrism in Leader's Speeches

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Industrial/Organizational

  • Oluwafemi Ajala
    Ryerson University
  • Kristyn Scott
    Toronto Metropolitan University

Abstract

Androcentric perspectives contribute significantly to biases against women as leaders, leading to discrimination and preventing women from reaching and succeed at leadership roles. In a review of 50 presentations by 39 leaders of industry at TED Talks, we detected androcentrism by men and women in about half of the presentations.

Bias

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