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The Cinderella Complex: Word Embeddings Reveal Gender Stereotypes in Movies and Books (1811.04599v3)
Published 12 Nov 2018 in cs.CL
Abstract: 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.