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August 1, 2005

swapping gender on websites (a cognitive game)

Ping created a little hack that allows you to read websites with the gendered pronoun information swapped. It's a fascinating cognitive game because your brain is really used to certain assumptions about people based on gender. Spend a day surfing the web with the genders swapped and see when your brain starts itching.

Category: gender & sexuality

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Posted by zephoria at August 1, 2005 8:02 AM | TrackBack

Comments (3)

Ping:

Thanks for the mention. Your link points to an older version that isn't running any more; the gender-swapper has moved to regender.com.

Ping:

Sorry, my error. Fixed it.

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