Comments on: Google Search Has Gender Issues http://www.feministlawprofessors.com/2009/11/google-search-has-gender-issues/ Nearly all of us root for fairness, not for our own sex. - Nicholas Kristof Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:26:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David S. Cohen http://www.feministlawprofessors.com/2009/11/google-search-has-gender-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-6021 David S. Cohen Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:17:27 +0000 http://feministlawprofessors.com/?p=13600#comment-6021 Crazy, especially when you click through to the link. My understanding is that the suggestions are based on what other people have searched the most for, so this shows more about the people using google than about google. But, at some point when the suggestions are so extreme, you'd think google would care. I tested out a few other search beginnings and found similar trouble for "black people should," "gays should," and "Jews should." Very unsettling! Crazy, especially when you click through to the link. My understanding is that the suggestions are based on what other people have searched the most for, so this shows more about the people using google than about google. But, at some point when the suggestions are so extreme, you’d think google would care.

I tested out a few other search beginnings and found similar trouble for “black people should,” “gays should,” and “Jews should.” Very unsettling!

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