A few weeks ago, I compiled a brief overview of a phenomenon that I hadn’t really noticed at first, but which now seems to be taking over the career platform LinkedIn. It involves posts by women (and a few men) … Continue reading Cutie Posts for Insubstantial Visibility?
Voice tone and language are not the only forms of behavior that people use to influence others. In the article Sexy Baby Voice and Other Pitches, I discussed examples of how women in Western countries adapt their language. The German … Continue reading Sājiāo OR How Women “Act Cute”
When we recorded a series of training videos a few years ago, I had to leave the room every time the editor played the videos. I couldn’t listen to my own voice. In fact, your own voice always sounds different … Continue reading Sexy Baby Voice and Other Pitches
A few days ago, the time had come. The biggest terrorist attack in the history of Germany was carried out. What had happened? A few climate activists had cut through the fences at Frankfurt Airport and glued themselves to the … Continue reading Why Are Climate Activists Hated So Much?
Who among us didn’t shake their head or belly with laughter when they read about the obviously incorrect answers or saw the pictures of Asian or black Wehrmacht soldiers that generative AIs returned as a result? How stupid can such … Continue reading Why We Trust AI Despite the Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect
As a woman, you can live so far away from the rest of the world, but even in 2024, sexism still hits you there with full force. Georgie Purcell, Member of Parliament for the Australian state of Victoria, had to … Continue reading How a TV Station Fails to Apologize After Sexist Photo Manipulation
As modern men, we always talk loudly about equality and demand action, but we easily overlook the fact that we should start with ourselves. Ashamedly, I had to realize this when the book The Authority Gap by Mary Ann Sieghart … Continue reading My Year of Reading Non-Fiction by Female Authors
British presenter and journalist Jeremy Clarkson, known from shows such as Top Gear, attracted attention this week with a controversy that may now end his career altogether. He had thereby bitten the nettle with a column in The Sun newspaper … Continue reading Jeremy Clarkson, Meghan Markle and a Non-Apology
Do we need a dating app for smart, independent, successful, beautiful, partly public women who have everything in life but a man by their side? If we are to believe the smart, independent, successful, beautiful, partly public women on social … Continue reading Are Men Losers?
The Internet is very different for women than it is for men. While men know that online some people don’t always show their best manners and online hate is “a thing,” men know surprisingly little about the experiences women have … Continue reading Toxic Men Texting Women