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Re:Why I don't use my real photo when messaging with custome... by aninhumer on Friday February 16, 2018 @09:58AM (#16392735)
So the gendered assumption is the result of a gendered marketing practice which is based on gender differentiated responses to images (which are proven by stats)? But there's no sexism involved here?

Okay, I'm being glib, but this idea that thinking of a plausible causation with no further critical analysis means it's "not sexism" is kind of exasperating.

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Re:Why I don't use my real photo when messaging with custome... by mikulas_florek on Friday February 16, 2018 @11:08AM (#16393287)
>But there's no sexism involved here?

I'm only saying a person using good looking woman as an avatar because of a/b testing does not make him sexist.

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Re:Why I don't use my real photo when messaging with custome... by aninhumer on Friday February 16, 2018 @12:05PM (#16393758)
I'm not sure why it matters if they're "a sexist".

Whether they make a decision based on internal biases caused by societal norms, or make a decision by measuring those societal norms directly and responding to them, the decision is still an expression of societal sexism.

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Re:Why I don't use my real photo when messaging with custome... by Double_a_92 on Friday February 16, 2018 @10:57AM (#16393208)
That's literal sexism then... As in it's literally made to trigger sexual areas of your brain to get your attention. If you wan't to insist that it's wrong to be biologically wired like that, Go on. But... idk.
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Re:Why I don't use my real photo when messaging with custome... by mikulas_florek on Friday February 16, 2018 @11:10AM (#16393311)
No, the person is using sexism of other people, but that does not mean he/she himself/herself is sexist.
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