CLNov 12, 2018
The Cinderella Complex: Word Embeddings Reveal Gender Stereotypes in Movies and Books
arXiv:1811.04599v3
AI Analysis
This research addresses gender inequality in cultural products, providing insights into how media perpetuates stereotypes, though it is incremental in applying existing methods to new data.
The study analyzed thousands of movies and books to uncover how gender stereotypes are embedded in storytelling, revealing that female characters are constructed to be emotionally dependent on male characters.
Our analysis of thousands of movies and books reveals how these cultural products weave stereotypical gender roles into morality tales and perpetuate gender inequality through storytelling. Using the word embedding techniques, we reveal the constructed emotional dependency of female characters on male characters in stories.