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Online images reinforce gender stereotypes more than text: study
Online images reinforce gender stereotypes more than text: study
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by  AFP

Images on the internet reinforce gender stereotypes -- such as doctors being men or nurses women -- more than text, contributing to a lasting bias against women, a US-based study said Wednesday. For example, the stereotype that women are nurses was "consistently stronger" in the images than the text, Guilbeault said.