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Ky Docter, Week 3: Hidden Bias

I found it very interesting that I scored a strong bias towards gay people over straight people but also a slight leaning in bias towards men in math and science despite the fact that I am basically a theatrical engineer and designated female at birth. This seems like it should affect who I prefer to work with in the work environment, but I find myself in disagreement to what the test concluded in regards to who I seek help from on structural and engineering questions as well as artistic questions and help in the pursuit of my artistic goals. Especially in my job field, I find it heavily male dominated given we are the ones in the trenches doing the dirty work of fabricating and installing sets that are up to code and structurally sound. Those females that do get into being a TD usually come from a design background and don't discover until after the fact that, in fact, they'd prefer to be the ones doing our job as opposed to designing. 

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