Todays episode features Jason and Alia. Together, we discuss our unconscious gender biases, focusing more specifically on those formed as a result of our social environments in order to create awareness on the unknown prejudices you may have.

Segment 1:

- The shame behind boys or girls liking the colour pink

- The human nature behind wanting to fit in which enforces the stereotypes and biases we have

- The influence of unconscious biases on our career choices

Segment 2:

- We delve deeper into the influence of unconscious biases on our career choices

- Women not being encouraged to be as ambitious as men

- The differences between mens’ and womens’ stereotypical role in society

- The relationships between children and their mothers versus with their fathers.

- Are women biologically more empathetic than men?

SOURCES:

- Empathy: Gender effects in brain and behavior: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5110041/

- Are women the more empathetic gender? The effects of gender role expectations: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12144-020-01260-8.pdf

Special thanks to:

·   Alia Jaufeerally https://www.instagram.com/aliajauf/ (@aliajauf on ig)

·   Jason Fon Sing https://www.instagram.com/jasonfs1701/ (@Jasonfs1701 on ig)

· Beat provided by https://freebeats.io Produced by White Hot

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