#data feminism

[sanguinarysanguinity]

At the same time that these [redlining] maps were being made, the insurance industry, for example, was implementing similar data-driven methods for granting (or denying) policies to customers based on their demographics. Zoning laws that were explicitly based on race had already been declared unconstitutional; but within neighborhoods, so-called covenants were nearly as exclusionary and completely legal. This is a phenomenon that political philosopher Cedric Robinson famously termed racial capitalism, and it continues into the present in the form of algorithmically generated credit scores that are consistently biased and in the consolidation of “the 1 percent” through the tax code, to give only two examples of many. What’s more, the benefits of whiteness accrue: “Whiteness retains its value as a ‘consolation prize,’” civil rights scholar Cheryl Harris explains. “It does not mean that all whites will win, but simply that they will not lose.”

Catherine D'Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein, Data Feminism

Final quote is from Cheryl L. Harris, “Whiteness as Property,” Harvard Law Review 106, no. 8 (1993)

[tjeromebaker]

La Inteligencia Artificial No Es Feminista

El mismo ChatGPT lo asegura: los sesgos en los conjuntos de datos utilizados para entrenar modelos de IA es posible que perpetúen estereotipos de género o discriminación.

El mismo ChatGPT lo asegura: los sesgos en los conjuntos de datos utilizados para entrenar modelos de IA es posible que perpetúen estereotipos de género o discriminación Fuente: Gaceta UNAM | Jun 17, 2024 La inteligencia artificial (IA) no tiene género, afirman sus creadores, sus impulsores, sus desarrolladores. Bien, en estos tiempos eso suena incluyente y progresista: la IA no tiene…

[hadesoftheladies]

”you’re biased against men!” but am I wrong?

[femmesandhoney]

Spirituality Radblr Survey

I've created a spirituality and religion survey for radblr, please go fill it out. It will ask you to sign into google to limit each respondent to one attempt, but I do not collect your email addresses and it is anonymous. Thank you for your time if you complete it, I love you <3

[whereserpentswalk]

[ivygorgon]

WHO KNOCKED OVER MY Capitol insurrection arrests per million people by state *Grabs Montana* YOU

💘 Q'u lach' shughu deshni da. 🏹 "What I say is true" in Dena'ina Qenaga

[jessicamessicavillageofspillage]

Apparently transpeople will also die from the inaccurate recording of Sex within statistics

The collection of data on a person’s sex – that is, whether they are male or female – has become controversial in recent years, and a number of public bodies have moved away from collecting data on sex as a result. For example, Scotland’s chief statistician recently issued guidance stating that data on sex should only be collected in exceptional circumstances. This move has been greeted with alarm by quantitative social scientists who believe that data on sex is vitally important and that data on both gender identity and sex is needed.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) was also embroiled in controversy when it proposed to guide respondents to the 2021 England and Wales census that they may answer the sex question in terms of their subjective gender identity, rather than their sex. This was despite the fact that the 2021 census also included a new separate question on gender identity. The ONS was forced to change its proposed guidance on the sex question by a judicial review and went on to advise that people should answer the first question to reflect their legal sex. The Scottish census authorities have been criticised for disregarding the implications of that judgment.

Statistics on employment, health, crime and education have all been affected by this trend.

The Government Equalities Office has issued guidance to employers who are legally bound to report on their gender pay gap to provide data on their employees’ gender identity, not their sex, and to exclude employees who “do not identify as ‘men’ or ‘women’” from the data. This makes it impossible to assess whether natal males who identify as trans or non-binary may have different labour-market experiences from natal females who identify as trans or non-binary. Yet non-binary or transgender identification may not protect females from discrimination, for example, on the basis of pregnancy or maternity or the perceived risk of becoming pregnant.

The NHS decides who to call for routine medical screenings based on the gender marker a person has recorded with their GP rather than their sex as recorded as birth. The NHS’s failure to record biological sex on patient records has led to trans patients not being called in for screening for conditions that may affect them due to their sex, such as ovarian cancer or prostate cancer. If trans patients are not screened for such conditions, the consequences are potentially fatal. The use of gender identity rather than sex has also led to confusion for some trans patients attempting to use sexual health services.

Freedom of information requests have revealed that multiple police forces in England now record crimes by male suspects as committed by women if the perpetrator requests to be recorded as such. Even small numbers of cases misclassified in this way can lead to substantial bias in crime statistics.

Differences between the sexes are an important factor for analysis in most, if not all, of the areas that social and health scientists address. Sex, alongside age, is a fundamental demographic variable, vital for projections regarding fertility and life expectancy. Sex has systematic effects on physical health and is also linked to mental health. And the importance of sex extends to all aspects of social life, including employment, education and crime.

We know that many differences between the sexes have changed dramatically over time – education and labour market participation are two examples. Without consistent data on sex, social scientists would not be able to track this change over time or to understand whether efforts to improve the representation of women and girls in domains where they are underrepresented have been effective.

We have been losing data on sex, as public sector bodies have switched to collecting data on gender identity instead. But the tide may have turned. The UK Statistics Authority has recently published guidance that recommends that “sex, age and ethnic group should be routinely collected and reported in all administrative data and in-service process data, including statistics collected within health and care settings and by police, courts and prisons”. It also says data producers should clearly distinguish between concepts such as sex, gender and gender identity.

Both people’s material circumstances and their identities are important to their lives. We know that sex matters, and we have much to learn about the ways in which gender identity matters, too. Rather than removing data on sex, we should collect data on both sex and gender identity, in order to develop a better understanding of the influence of both of these factors and the intersection between them.

Original article in The Conversation

Professor Alice Sullivan’s academic profile

UCL Social Research Institute

[radfem-polls]

poll 2 of 2!

can bi women use labels like butch and femme?

1. i'm bi, we CAN use butch/femme

2. i'm bi, we CAN'T use butch/femme

3. i'm bi and have a more nuanced answer

4. i'm a lesbian, they CAN use butch/femme

5. i'm a lesbian, they CAN'T use butch/femme

6. i'm a lesbian and have a more nuanced answer

7. i'm straight and they CAN use butch/femme

8. i'm straight and they CAN'T use butch/femme

9. i'm straight and have a more nuanced answer

10. i don't think anyone should use butch/femme

11. unsure/don't care/results

12. not a radfem

we had a similar one to this a couple days ago but it asked about butch only and straight women* couldn't answer so sorry for the slight repetition in question lol

[butchgtow]

how are you shameless enough to claim to be a radical feminist while believing that in non-sexual contexts, coerced decisions should be treated as freely made choices, particularly in analytics?

"financial coercion? whatever, she made her choice. violent coercion? whatever, it was her choice.

"it was all her choice. the intentional limitations placed by either an individual, a set of individuals, or the system oppressing her have no place in consideration."

you aren't a feminist -- especially not a radical feminist. you refute fundamental feminist philosophy of coercion as nonconsent (with rape as the only exception). you deny materialism.

you're directly encouraging the sex data gap and its intended, ever-successful outcome of women's global economic exploitability with your statements in this very moment.

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anyway book recommendation because this user is a reactionary contrarian who loudly and proudly refuses to read it: Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez.

[sanguinarysanguinity]

The key to co-liberation is that it requires a commitment to and a belief in mutual benefit, from members of both dominant groups and minoritized groups; that’s the 'co' in the term. Too often, acts of data service performed by tech companies are framed as charity work (we discuss the limits of “data for good” in chapter 5). The frame of co-liberation equalizes this exchange as a form of relationship building and demographic healing. There is a famous saying credited to aboriginal activists in Queensland, Australia, from the 1970s: “If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” What does this mean? As poet and community organizer Tawana Petty explains in relation to efforts around antiracism in the United States: “We need whites to firmly believe that their liberation, their humanity, is also dependent upon the destruction of racism and the dismantling of white supremacy.” The same goes for gender: men are often not prompted to think about how unequal gender relations seep into the institutions they dominate, resulting in harm for everyone.

Catherine D'Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein, Data Feminism

Footnote: Although the aboriginal activist quote ended up circulating on the internet as the work of one person—Lilla Watson—Watson herself describes it as the outcome of a collective process, and she desired that it be credited as “Aboriginal activists group, Queensland, 1970s.” See Watson, “Attributing Words,” Unnecessary Evils, November 3, 2008.

[radicalfacts]

radical facts - short feminist facts

#anti sex industry

Human Trafficking & the Sex Industry

Human trafficking is the second largest and fastest growing criminal industry in the world, second only to drug trafficking.

Human trafficking earns global profits of roughly $150 billion a year for traffickers, $99 billion of which comes from commercial sexual exploitation.

Globally, an estimated 71% of enslaved people are women and girls, while men and boys account for 29%. This encompasses all forms of human trafficking, of which the two most common forms are forced labour trafficking and sexual exploitation.

Concerning sex trafficking specifically, over 94% of victims are female.

If we add all child victims - girls and boys - to the number of sex trafficked women, we get over 99% of all victims in sexual slavery.

Studies suggest that only about 0.04% survivors of human trafficking cases get ever identified, meaning that the vast majority of cases of human trafficking go undetected. 

[maslows-pyramid-scheme]

I started Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men today, and I have a few thoughts so far:

Firstly, I like how she weaves different, typically unconnected examples of misogyny into a coherent and compelling whole, even if her execution isn't always the best.

Secondly, relatedly, I hate her writing style so goddamn much - it sucks, and, when she jumps between points, it undermines the power of her point.

Thirdly, it's not a radical feminist book, it's a liberal feminist book.

[shiverandqueeef]

I am genuinely curious how gender critical (and all other ideologies claiming men do not suffer under patriarchy) rationalize global suicide rates being significantly higher for men across almost all countries/cultures

[she-is-ovarit]

Click the link, this is fascinating.

What About Hormone Replacement Therapy?

Aren't males who compete against females on hormone replacement therapy, resulting in reduced performance? For those who support males competing in female only events, there are two basic lines of thought when it comes to determining whether a person has transitioned for the purpose of athletics: 1. "Trans women are women, period." (Identity is the only factor) 2. "Trans women are women, IF their testosterone levels are below a specific amount." (Identity & biology are factors) The second definition is seen by many as transphobic and even a denial of human rights since a person's expressed gender identity can go unrecognized based on biological factors. Because of this, some governing bodies are updating their policies to remove any qualifiers other than self identification. For example, public schools in 19 US States have no testosterone requirements for males who wish to compete against females. The Equality Act, which is supported by the majority of Representatives in the US House, would extend that policy to public schools in all 50 states. Because of policies based on "Trans women are women, period", males are competing against females without testosterone blockers, or other efforts to level the playing field. This makes direct comparisons of male to female athletic performances perfectly relevant to the topic of transgender athletic policy. How is this relevant to policies like the IOC's? The IOC's policy follows the second line of thought and requires that males have low levels of testosterone in order to compete against females. To my knowledge, none of the boys on this site had testosterone within the levels required by the IOC. If they did, they would almost certainly have not performed as well. Because of this, the statistics are not an apples to apples comparison to what competition between males with low testosterone and females would look like. However, the statistics demonstrate that the differences between the sexes are not trivial, so any attempt to create a level playing field between males and females must account for all differences between the sexes or risk allowing for unfair advantages. Policies like the IOC's effectively work on the over simplification that "male - testosterone = female". However, testosterone levels alone do not account for all sex differences that affect athletic performance. If it is important to have a policy to regulate the male/female testosterone imbalance, why are there not policies that regulate other distinctions, for example the male advantage of height? (For more, this Washington Post infographic details many of the biological differences that affect athletic performance.) If all of the performance related sex distinctions cannot be accounted for, should males be allowed to compete with females, even though there is no guarantee of a level playing field? This site serves as a reminder that even the fastest and strongest women in the world may not be competitive against boys. Allowing males in any capacity to compete in female only events will lead to the erosion of the level playing field.

[shegetspolitical]

PSA to everyone on this app

if you use dating apps… its time to delete them… they sell your data and use your profile to attract others to the app. YOU are the product and not only that they are a space for opportunistic creeps and make you prey.

If you have bumble Id delete it immediately as its parent company was acquired by black rock … you know the private equity firm invested in American homes for rent and companies majorly contributing to pollution ? Yikes. Not to mention the tasteless campaign bumble ran.

shaming celibate woman ? disgusting. insult to women’s autonomy.

fuck bumble. delete that shit.

[itellmyselfsecrets]

“Women have always worked. They have worked unpaid, underpaid, underappreciated, and invisibly, but they have always worked. But the modern workplace does not work for women. From its location, to its hours, to its regulatory standards, it has been designed around the lives of men and it is no longer fit for purpose. The world of work needs a wholesale redesign - of its regulations, of its equipment, of its culture - and this redesign must be led by data on female bodies and female lives. We have to start recognising that the work women do is not an added extra, a bonus that we could do without: women's work, paid and unpaid, is the backbone of our society and our economy. It's about time we started valuing it.” - Caroline Criado Perez (Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men)