Unbias the Internet

Remove gender identifiers from web pages.
What is Unbias the Internet?
Unbias the Internet is a Chrome extension that replaces gendered language with gender-neutral language. It alters the narrative of media stories and reveals gender biases. With this extension, written sexism becomes near-impossible, and biases in content creation and consumption are exposed.

Extension stats

Users: 9 ▲ 1
Rating: 5.00 (4)
Version: 1.0.1.1 (Last updated: 2015-12-05)
Creation date: 2015-12-04
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 21.41K

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Extension summary

Unbias the Internet replaces gendered language with gender-neutral language. Gender's ubiquity, on and offline, heavily influences how we frame our reality, and this unconscious influence detracts from how we experience the world. After just a few hours with this extension, you'll be convinced of how pervasive gender is in media. This extension fundamentally alters the narrative of almost every media story, especially entertainment media, and reveals the gender biases that content creators, curators, and consumers don't realize they operate with.

Written sexism becomes near-impossible with this extension installed, as words like "man", "woman", "brother", and gendered pronouns are replaced with neutral terms like "human" or "sibling."

Technology has the potential to reshape rhetoric, but only if we let it. This extension will strip away scapegoats and force us to reevaluate our most implicit xenophobias.

Limitations: this extension does not alter pictures, a large part of rhetoric on the web. However, the accompanying discussion, when framed without gendered words, quickly reveals biases and double standards.

Unbias the Internet, and escape mass media's most sexist and oppressive narratives.

User reviews

This is an amazing idea. Keep developing the extension. Some words you may have missed include manhood, boyhood, dude, lad, mankind, fatherhood, paternal and maternal.
by A Google user, 2015-12-05

I love this App so much. Thank you for this great idea!
by Hee Yeon Hwang, 2015-12-05
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Unbias the Internet requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Unbias the Internet has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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