Male by default
<p>Unless gender is explicitly female, most people default generics as <em>male</em><sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1">1</a></sup>. For example, Sonic the character of videogames is not obviously female, therefore we default it as a male-character. This happens in many different contexts, but it is especially worrisome if it happens when generating scientific results. Papers that do not explicitly specify a female-population can probably be considered as derived from a male-dominated sample. </p>
<p>Tags: <a href="/tags/gender-bias-in-papers">#gender-bias-in-papers</a></p>
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<p><a class="wikilink" href="/invisible_women_-_caroline_criado_perez/">Invisible Women - Caroline Criado Perez</a> <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:1" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
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