Women are creating more novel art as a result of gender bias, research finds. Lemons could make lemonade, if only society would stop placing success and recognition so out of reach
“These results suggest that social factors, rather than differences in raw ability, are responsible for gender disparities in creative production,” researchers wrote.
For a culturally relevant example, the essay’s writers cite recording artist H.E.R. “I had to work twice as hard,” she said at the 2019 Grammy Awards. “I had to earn my respect as a musician growing up as a little girl because you don’t expect a little black girl to pick up the electric guitar.” “In the context of creative production, female artists may actually benefit more from large collaboration networks than male artists. The latter are constrained by expectations that ‘real men’ do not engage in behaviors like seeking help.”
Since arts industries like music are so collaboration-based, “having more women in one’s network may introduce an artist to more novelty-rich diversity, especially if the artist in question is a man,” researchers note.
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