False Assumption Registry

Gender

13 entries in this category

• Academic Hiring Favors Men
  Academic hiring, tenure decisions, and promotions systematically favor men over women.
  Experts are divided on whether this assumption was actually false 5 sources
• Transgenderism Reveals True Inner Self
  Sudden transgender and nonbinary identifications among youth represent authentic innate gender identities finally freed for expression.
  Growing recognition that this assumption was false, but not yet mainstream 3 sources
• Trans Women Reject Toxic Masculinity
  Transgender women, as former men, do not embody or represent masculinity at its most toxic.
  Experts are divided on whether this assumption was actually false 3 sources
• Stereotypes Are Inaccurate
  Beliefs about group differences, such as sex differences in job preferences, are stereotypes defined as inaccurate overgeneralizations.
  Experts are divided on whether this assumption was actually false 2 sources
• Transgender Identity Warrants Leniency
  Transgender identity should mitigate sentences for attempted political assassination.
  Experts are divided on whether this assumption was actually false 2 sources
• Feminization Causes Wokism
  Wokism and cancel culture emerged in the 2010s because women achieved majority representation in elite institutions and imposed innate feminine behaviors like prioritizing empathy over rationality and...
  Experts are divided on whether this assumption was actually false 1 sources
• Great-Because-Girl Stories Succeed Commercially
  Injecting 'great-because-girl' tropes and 'bad-because-boy' dynamics into male-centric franchises will maintain or expand audience appeal and box office success.
  Growing recognition that this assumption was false, but not yet mainstream 1 sources
• Feminists Suffer Distress from Sex Skepticism
  Suggesting innate sex differences in aptitude or physical standards for combat causes feminists severe emotional or physical distress.
  Experts are divided on whether this assumption was actually false 1 sources
• Gender Care Ethical for Dysphoric Kids
  Gender-affirming medical interventions for children with gender dysphoria satisfy basic standards of medical ethics on risk versus benefit.
  Growing recognition that this assumption was false, but not yet mainstream 1 sources
• AI Hiring Tools Are Unbiased
  Large language models evaluate job candidates impartially without gender bias.
  Growing recognition that this assumption was false, but not yet mainstream 1 sources
• Equal Pay Equalizes Dissimilar Jobs
  Women in predominantly female jobs like cooking and cleaning deserve the same pay and bonuses as men in more arduous male-dominated jobs like refuse collection to correct discrimination.
  Growing recognition that this assumption was false, but not yet mainstream 1 sources
• Veterans Always Women Inside
  Combat veterans who transition after years of hyper-masculine military service were always transgender women on the inside.
  Experts are divided on whether this assumption was actually false 1 sources
• Gender Pay Gap Proves Discrimination
  Women earn substantially less than men due to workplace discrimination rather than career choices and job differences.
  Growing recognition that this assumption was false, but not yet mainstream 1 sources