RE: Implicit Bias and You. And Me. And Everyone..
October 11, 2016 at 3:57 pm
(This post was last modified: October 11, 2016 at 5:08 pm by Aroura.)
(October 11, 2016 at 3:24 pm)Arkilogue Wrote: I wonder if 2.5 billions years of the sexual evolution/specialization of DNA itself has anything to do with our implicit biases?Yes,, of course our genetics affects our biases. 10,000 years ago, males protected the females because they were necessary, so they could bear young and nurse and propogate the species. Males were more expendable (only need a few to impregnate multiple females and have enough genetic diversity) so they were sent out into more danger, hunting and fighting.
Is "implicit bias" even considerable when human males actually are biologically physically stronger than females?
It may be an implicate bias inherent in the objective context we find ourselves in and as.
Over time society began creating a narrative, females became seen as fragile and weak (as opposed to valuable), and men as strong (as opposed to expendable).
Males are stronger than females is a perfect example of EXPLICIT bias, though. Human males are, indeed, usually stronger than females. No denying it.
The implicit bias that often goes along with it is that therefore females are weak. But that isn't true. Human females can be perfectly physical strong. Males = strong does NOT mean females = weak, yet we often pass on this implicit bias. We TEACH it implicitly, for instance, in a play where the house is on fire, and the man saves everyone, including the woman (who was perfectly physical able of saving herself in reality, but we've just shown that she needs a man to do it).
Another example of accompanying implicit bias would be that human males are MENTALLY stronger because they are physically stronger. This is a common implicit bias we see. Bad news arrives, and the man takes it stoically, while the woman faints. This isn't a reflection of reality, but something we do in story telling that then creates its own reality. THAT is how implicit biases are formed.
Also, do you feel about genetics and racial bias? Are the "races" different, and is that explicit or implicit? Are we only racist because of tribalism?
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