Surprising study: Men's football is only rated significantly better when the gender of the players is clearly recognisable. Pixelated men and women, play suddenly equally well. User BezugssystemCH1903, in the Everything Science subreddit, 21 Jul 2023
In a recent study, participants watched clips of elite female and male soccer players. The control group saw the players' gender, while the treatment group had gender obscured by blurring. The researchers find that participants rate men’s videos higher – but only when they know they are watching men User ConsciousLocksmith98, in the Reddit Science subreddit, 12 Jul 2023