[Ramm] [Gendered Innovations] Sex differences in health; gender in AI; gender and psychopathology, new view of sex, genes, environment, evolution, and gender; query on funding agencies' policies; Viking warrior was a woman

[Londa Schiebinger]

1. Australian Broadcasting Corporation 30 minute program on sex differences in health: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/sciencefriction/we-need-to-talk-about-sex...differences/8853646

Written materials accompanying program: http://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2017-09-02/sex-differences-in-health/8856284

2. Gender in Virtual Assistants and Chatbots: It took (only) six years for bots to start ditching outdated gender stereotypes
https://qz.com/1033587/it-took-only-six-years-for-bots-to-start-ditching-outdated-gender-stereotypes/

3. Excellent paper on gender and psychopathology, in particular the role of (sex differences in) autonomy-connectedness (AC), the capacity for self-governance under the condition of connectedness to others. "Autonomy-connectedness mediates sex differences in symptoms of psychopathology" by Marrie H. J. Bekker, Marcel A. L. M. van Assen: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0181626&type=printable

4. Excellent article, "Sex-Linked Behavior: Evolution, Stability, and Variability," by Cordelia Fine, John Dupré, and Daphna Joel in Trends in Cognitive Sciences: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364661317301365

5. Query: Ramona Rea, Executive Director, Banting Research Foundation, Toronto, Canada has a question.  Please respond to her and me:  She is looking for granting agencies that have policies to ensure gender balance in awarding grants, while still maintaining the integrity of grant review. ramona at bantingresearchfoundation.ca<mailto:ramona at bantingresearchfoundation.ca>

6. Viking warrior discovered in Sweden was a woman, researchers confirm https://www.google.nl/amp/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/viking-warrior-woman-female-soldier-sweden-discovery-a7937391.html%3famp


All best, Londa

Londa Schiebinger
Director, EU/US Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering, and Environment Project
John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science, Stanford University
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPST/schiebinger.html

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