Hacker News with Generative AI: Gender

The Typical Man Disgusts the Typical Woman (betonit.ai)
Ever seen this famous OkCupid graph? The quick summary is just: “Men rate women more highly than women rate men.”

Dating, Gender, Social Science, Psychology, Relationships

36 points by jger15 5 days ago | 44 comments

The history of sex toys and what they tell us about ancient women (rte.ie)
During a recent trip to London, I had the honour of finally visiting the Vagina Museum. This delightful museum is an inclusive space that celebrates vulvas, vaginas, and advocates for self-acceptance and equality.

History, Sex, Gender, Culture, Museums

22 points by austinallegro 6 days ago | 17 comments

Zuckerberg Says Most Companies Need More 'Masculine Energy' (bloomberg.com)
Mark Zuckerberg lamented the rise of “culturally neutered” companies that have sought to distance themselves from “masculine energy,” adding that it’s good if a culture “celebrates the aggression a bit more.”

Business, Culture, Gender, Leadership

10 points by healsdata 7 days ago | 1 comments

Male and female brains are wired differently (earth.com)
Have you ever found yourself in a heated discussion with someone of the opposite sex and thought – “it’s like we’re wired differently”? Well, a recent study from the University of Cambridge suggests that male and female brains are indeed wired differently from the time of birth.

Neuroscience, Gender, Biology

32 points by isaacfrond 8 days ago | 23 comments

Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping? (celestemdavis.substack.com)
“Nearly 60 percent of all college students today are women. That’s an all-time high… U.S. colleges and universities have lost about 1.5 million students in the past several years. Men accounted for 71 percent of that loss.”

Education, Demographics, Gender, Higher Education

18 points by tempestn 16 days ago | 24 comments

Women are closing in on men when it comes to ultra-endurance events (medicalxpress.com)
Men are dominant at most athletic events but ultra-endurance sports (exercising for six hours or more) represent a unique domain where the performance gap between men and women is narrowing significantly.

Sports, Gender, Performance, Endurance

4 points by pseudolus 17 days ago | 0 comments

Study: RTO mandates are making it harder for companies to hire (fastcompany.com)
A new study found that RTO mandates across S&P 500 companies significantly increased turnover among tech and finance workers—especially for women.

Workforce, Employment, Remote Work, Technology, Gender

27 points by znpy 43 days ago | 16 comments

Misperception of the facial appearance that the opposite-sex desires (plos.org)
Thin and muscular have been characterised as body shape ideals for women and men, respectively, yet each sex misperceives what the other sex desires; women exaggerate the thinness that men like and men exaggerate the muscularity that women like.

Psychology, Body Image, Gender, Misperception, Relationships

84 points by cainxinth 45 days ago | 65 comments

U.S. women are outpacing men in college completion in every major group (pewresearch.org)
Women between the ages of 25 and 34 continue to be more likely than men in the same age group to have a bachelor’s degree. The gender gap in bachelor’s degree completion appears in every major racial or ethnic group, though the size of the gap varies widely.

Education, Gender, Demographics

105 points by samspenc 57 days ago | 263 comments

Magic Circle tries to track down first female member – who posed as a man (theguardian.com)
The council meeting of the Magic Circle on 9 October 1991 was a historic occasion, marking the moment when the first cohort of women, including Debbie McGee and Fay Presto, were admitted to its previously male-only ranks of magicians.

Magic, Gender, History, United Kingdom, Entertainment

33 points by Emigre_ 67 days ago | 47 comments

Age-Normalized Testosterone Peaks at Series B for Male Startup Founders (twitter.com)

Startup Funding, Startups, Gender, Biology, Venture Capital

7 points by Mdubrov 70 days ago | 0 comments

Study finds intense exercise may suppress appetite in healthy humans (endocrine.org)
A vigorous workout does more to suppress hunger levels in healthy adults than does moderate exercise, and females may be especially susceptible to this response, according to a small study published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.

Health, Exercise, Appetite, Physiology, Gender

33 points by gnabgib 73 days ago | 12 comments

Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping? (celestemdavis.substack.com)
“Nearly 60 percent of all college students today are women. That’s an all-time high… U.S. colleges and universities have lost about 1.5 million students in the past several years. Men accounted for 71 percent of that loss.”

Education, Gender, Demographics, College Enrollment, Social Issues

15 points by hui-zheng 88 days ago | 10 comments

Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping? (celestemdavis.substack.com)
“Nearly 60 percent of all college students today are women. That’s an all-time high… U.S. colleges and universities have lost about 1.5 million students in the past several years. Men accounted for 71 percent of that loss.”

Education, Gender, Demographics

16 points by herbertl 99 days ago | 16 comments

How Often Do Men Think About Rome? (astralcodexten.com)
There’s a Twitter meme on how men constantly think about the Roman Empire. Some feminist friends objected that women think about Rome a lot too. To settle the matter, I included a question about this on this year’s ACX survey, “Have you thought about the Roman Empire in the past 24 hours?” (the Byzantine Empire also counted). Here are responses from 607 cis women and 4,925 cis men:

Social Media, Gender, Survey Results, History, Roman Empire

5 points by paulpauper 116 days ago | 3 comments

"Stockholm Syndrome" was invented by police to discredit a female hostage (2020) (stadafa.com)
The phrase “Stockholm Syndrome” was invented by a police psychiatrist to discredit a female hostage in a 1973 bank heist who criticized the police.

Psychology, Crime, History, Gender

91 points by simonebrunozzi 127 days ago | 62 comments

Moral implications of being moderately successful computer scientist and a woman (sigops.org)

Ethics, Computer Science, Gender, Success

64 points by thread_id 134 days ago | 75 comments

Elon Musk supports replacing democracy with government of high-status males (independent.co.uk)

Elon Musk, Politics, Democracy, Gender

24 points by isaacfrond 137 days ago | 22 comments

Andrew Gelman: Is marriage associated with happiness for men or for women? (stat.columbia.edu)

Marriage, Happiness, Gender, Social Science, Statistics

52 points by paulpauper 138 days ago | 40 comments

Is marriage associated with happiness for men or for women? Or both? Or neither? (stat.columbia.edu)