I took quizzes for age, weight and gender-career. Coming away from these quizzes, I really was not too surprised with my results. They are pretty close to what I would say I associate myself with.
I assumed that I would have a slight bias towards younger people because that is who I am around the majority of my time whether I am in classes, at work, or out with friends. However, once I got my results, I received that I was slightly bias towards older people. This surprised me at first but then I thought of my superiors such as professors and my managers at work. They may have influenced my bias a little. Either way, I do not see my bias as really affecting the way that I think because it was only a slight bias towards the older generation.
The weight quiz was my second quiz so I understand how the quiz would be asked and how my results would come out. With that in mind, I guessed that my result would be slightly or moderately towards thinner people. My result ended up being slightly towards thin people. I can understand this because I generally think of being active and playing sports. That in no way means that bigger people cannot be active or play sports but in the most general sense of the term, active people tend to be thinner.
My last quiz was the gender-career one. I got my results back saying that I slightly preferred male-career association and female family association. I would completely agree with this bias for myself. I am going into sports for a career and it is a male dominated field. Also growing up, my dad worked a job that required him to work 40 hours a week and then he may get called out all hours of the night. So my mom was the one that did most of the "family" things. I totally believe that these roles can be reversed and don't think that woman belong at home and only men can work and provide for families. But in my own personal experience, my dad did the majority of the working and providing for my family while my mom took care of the things at home.
Hey Shawn, great post! I appreciate that you are so aware of your personal biases. Do you think your biases maybe go beyond your own lived experience? For example, for the gender-career test, do you think that media portrayal, or rhetoric surrounding women in the workplace has impacted your world view? I also think that your bias towards older people is intriguing as well. Your authority figure hypothesis is definitely a valid one. Once again, for the weight test, do you think media portrayal plays a role? Body shaming is a big problem in this country. Diseases like Anorexia and Bulimia are culturally bound in that they originated in the United States and only really show up in western countries. What can we do to move beyond this point? I see "plus-sized" models, and they seem pretty skinny to me. What are your thoughts on that? I think it is important to look deeper into our biases besides our own experience. They are ingrained in us every single day (at least I believe that). Great post, your insight is very interesting. I look forward to hearing more!
ReplyDeleteI think it is really great that the results did not surprise you and reflect on your values. It shows that you are confident and true to yourself. Great job!
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