APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Putting the "Ted" in Talk: Androcentrism in Leader's Speeches
- 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.
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