What should we make of all of these findings? My initial reaction was dismay at the widespread existence of such sexism among other men. With time, though, I realized my mistake: I was focusing on other men when I am surely just as complicit. If the average man is sexist in these ways, the odds are that I am, too. In day-to-day life, I may not realize that I’m contributing to these problems, but neither, probably, do other men. So fixing these problems is my responsibility — and the responsibility of other men, too. We can help through introspection, by asking questions of those closest to us and by listening to the painful answers.

"How can algorithms tread into language — a quintessentially human activity — and uncover patterns that some may have suspected, but had no clear way of demonstrating?"