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Fuzzikopf t1_ixqfay2 wrote

Awards without gendered categories would not work because people would get mad if one gender wins more awards. The could add a third category and call it "diverse" or whatever, but idk if that's the best solution either.

But I personally think that the award industry is absolutely pointless and should be disregarded either way.

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JohnTDouche t1_ixqs41w wrote

Well if over time it didn't work out to 50/50 that would be suspicious alright. It would be a pretty strong indicator of bias.

edit if someone would be so kind as to explain why if given equal opportunity for roles that this should not settle at 50/50 over time, that would be nice.

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Raffy87 t1_ixque4l wrote

just because the result isn't 50/50 doesn't mean it is because of bias

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JohnTDouche t1_ixqvjjl wrote

I mean there's always going to be bias unfortunately but over time(this being the important term here) it should balance out to roughly 50/50. Provided the number of roles over time is also roughly 50/50. I couldn't say how much time you'd need for an assessment. You'd have to ask a stats guy.

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Raffy87 t1_ixqw3fo wrote

You can't even make that assumption as you're talking about people's opinions not random outcomes, its entirely possible one side would get more votes on a consistent basis. If anything the main 'bias' at play would be from the previous results, as if one side was seeming to dominate there would be an incentive to vote for the other just to even things out.

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Anatar19 t1_ixr1qds wrote

The first post just said bias. Nothing more.Of course we'd have to figure out what the bias actually meant. The amount of people jumping in to insert their own specific assumed circumstances and apply them as a straw man honestly says a lot about the biases in this thread.

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JohnTDouche t1_ixqwwit wrote

I mean the objective is to try and reduce bias right? I know you can't be purely objective about this but the point of these awards is to single out the "best" performance. Not favorite actor or not favorite movie or other biases political or otherwise that not related to the performance.

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Anatar19 t1_ixqwycm wrote

What do you think these awards are if not an indicator of bias? It's certain people voting saying "I liked this better." There's no specific measuring qualifiers. The only issue is that there are many different biases at play which is where increasing the sample size over time helps to clear things up a bit.

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Raffy87 t1_ixqy4xz wrote

I was referring specifically to gender bias

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JohnTDouche t1_ixqzkr5 wrote

If there is no gender bias in the system it should settle at about 50/50 though.

If somehow all gender bias was eliminated from the nominee selection process and say 80% of them over 50 years were men. That would still indicate there being a gender bias. Just not one in the nominee selection. It would mean you have gender bias in casting, in writing etc. You can't take this one final little piece out of a system and examine it out of context of the rest of the system.

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Raffy87 t1_ixr0a43 wrote

If 80% of the winners were female, is it not possible that they they gave a better performance compared to the men they were pitted against in those years?

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Anatar19 t1_ixr1gzl wrote

That year? Sure. Why are you choosing to continually miss the part about "over time" which was right there in the first comment? Is it possible that women gave better performances than men 80% of the time for 100 years in a row? At that point it would be pretty clear that the highly subjective word "better" included a significant bias towards women over men.

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Raffy87 t1_ixr1l6o wrote

edited it so you may understand better

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Anatar19 t1_ixr1uqq wrote

Great, so now define "better" in a way that doesn't have bias.

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Raffy87 t1_ixr251h wrote

better as in gets the most votes, if this were to happen it would essentially be pitting the best actor against the best actress, if more people prefer the performance of someone that doesn't mean they're bias against the other because of their gender

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Anatar19 t1_ixr2e1u wrote

At this point I don't even think you know what bias means.

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Raffy87 t1_ixr2mpr wrote

If I vote for a woman does that mean I'm bias against men? because that's what you're implying

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Anatar19 t1_ixr32me wrote

No it isn't. It means you were biased towards that woman that one specific time. It could be for any number or reasons one of which is the fact that she's a woman. You are still biased (everyone is) but figuring out the nature of the bias is way harder with a small sample size.

If you vote for a woman 8000 times out of 10000 you're far more likely to prefer voting for women than men even if there are onviously other factors involved.

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Raffy87 t1_ixr3vrg wrote

For bias you have to be 'unfairly prejudiced' for or against someone or something, simply preferring the performance of one person over another does not constitute bias.

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Anatar19 t1_ixr4c8c wrote

No you don't need to be unfairly prejudiced. But even with that in mind as a common use of the word, define "unfair" in a way that doesn't include bias. The example you gave before about "best" somehow implied that "popular vote = best" and if that's what you're going with, I don't know what to tell you. It used to be popular to believe some people were witches and that they need to be burned at the stake. Does that make it thr best? Fair?

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Raffy87 t1_ixr4usj wrote

>you don't need to be unfairly prejudiced

that is the definition of bias.

We are talking about awards achieved through votes, so yes, most popular wins. No it's not fair, if it was everyone would get an award but then what's the point?

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Anatar19 t1_ixr5mom wrote

You've made up your own definition of bias then. Every dictionary I can find talks about personal judgment, sometimes unfair/unreasoned but not always.

As for your definition, then maybe we should stop calling awards "best performance" and relabel it "most popular performance." While there will always be elements of bias there it doesn't mean they can't be identified and we can't strive to put some of them aside. Otherwise we might as well just have the people's choice awards and be done with it.

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Raffy87 t1_ixr6fgp wrote

Well it's art, it can never be judged objectively and to call people's preferences bias is wrong, without preferences they wouldn't be able to choose between two performances. I agree the award is really most popular performance but I think most people know this so the name doesn't need changing.

source of definition

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Anatar19 t1_ixr7fmd wrote

Interesting, you picked the word biased as an adjective similar but if I drop it down for "bias" I get"

"cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something"

as the first definition

Your source, not mine.

But lets add some others for fun.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bias

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bias

Turns out bias actually does mean that.

And yes, it's the arts. They can't be judged fairly. That was exactly the point in my very first post if you scroll up. These awards are basically nothing but bias in and of themselves. That doesn't make them bad or anything, just biased. And given enough information we can figure stuff out about what kinds of biases are there, of which women and men is a rather obvious one but there are also many others.

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Anatar19 t1_ixr4z9x wrote

And just as an added point, explain how personal preference as a judgment of someone else is fair in any way? That's entirely arbitrary and up to an "other." These awards aren't designed to be fair from the outset for a whole number of reasons. I don't see why you have such an issue with the idea of looking into the potential for one specific bias along with many others.

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Raffy87 t1_ixr5nua wrote

I was merely pointing out that just because a population (the voters) don't come to a 50/50 result on something as subjective as other's acting performances doesn't mean there is an inherent bias.

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Anatar19 t1_ixr69yx wrote

And I was pointing out that you were dropping the "over time" part of the equation and skirting the definition of bias. Yes, if over a large enough sample size over time things don't break down 50/50 (or 52/48 or whatever) it DOES mean there is a bias there. Then we have to explain that bias. Is it because directors are centering roles around one gender more than another? Are writers writing more characters over another? Are voters skewed one direction in ant number of ways for any number of reasons? That bias might be coming from places we don't expect but just because we don't know all that stuff yet doesn't mean we should deny it exists and avoid looking into the potential causes entirely.

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Raffy87 t1_ixr6ocw wrote

We will have to agree to disagree, have a good night

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JohnTDouche t1_ixr4ohj wrote

Okay lets put it this way. Say you have a society that claims to be meritocratic where it's made of 50% ethnic group A and 50% ethnic group B. Yet 90% of the people below the poverty line are from group A. Then you have serious problems in that system. You have biases compounding over time to produce this unequal result. This stuff doesn't happen by coincidence. Coincidences don't add up to significant statistical differences.

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Raffy87 t1_ixr528b wrote

We are discussing people voting on their preference of art

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JohnTDouche t1_ixr7x3k wrote

It's the same issue. Preference on art are rife with biases. If someone just doesn't like female lead characters in films, that's a "preference of art" but also a bias. If we assume that acting is something that men and women can be equally good at. Then if that's a common preference, it's a significant statistical bias leading skewed results. It would mean that negative biases against women are leading to fewer acting awards for them.

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Raffy87 t1_ixr8nhr wrote

>If we assume that acting is something that men and women can be equally good at

Why would you make that assumption? Unfortunately how 'good' they are at acting is entirely dependant on how they are judged, the two are linked. So if one group is judged to be better than the other, that's the reality of the situation, as unfair as you may deem it.

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JohnTDouche t1_iy2xb6a wrote

We must assume that because the entire argument hinges on it. If you think men are just naturally better performers when it comes to acting then that is an entirely different issue altogether. That' belief would make this discussion completely pointless.

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Raffy87 t1_iy2xj5f wrote

the only metric of their performance is the votes they receive, so if they get more votes they are better, that's the system

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JohnTDouche t1_iy2yw6x wrote

Votes reflect the biases of the voters, they're not the measurement of objective reality. I'm trying to present a statistical argument here, a very basic one. Statistics covering large numbers of people is used to flatten out our biases in the attempt to present a more objective view of reality and lay bare the biases of these large numbers of people. If you can't agree to that then this has is utterly pointless. You still seem to think this is about individuals judging performance.

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Raffy87 t1_iy2yzf8 wrote

because it is

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JohnTDouche t1_iy30cpc wrote

So statistics aren't real. This is supremely silly.

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Raffy87 t1_iy30pfo wrote

statistics are real, but you can't conclude gender bias from voting results with no objective measures. If there were objective measures and the votes went against this then you would have a point, but there isn't.

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JohnTDouche t1_iy30ydf wrote

I don't want to start repeating myself. I and that other fella explained all this to you already. You're just not understanding.

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Raffy87 t1_iy31s71 wrote

I understand your point, I just don't agree with it.

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JohnTDouche t1_ixqxflx wrote

Exactly. All biases other than "which performance did you think was best" should be attempted to be eliminated if you are looking to give a "Best Performance" award.

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Frankie_Wilde t1_ixqkffd wrote

Can we just stop already...

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TheCitizen616 t1_ixqckhe wrote

Would anyone complain if they replaced male and female acting categorizes with dramatic and comedic categorizes instead?

I mean, there's always going to be someone to complain about something, that's just a rule of the Internet. But would anyone who matters care?)

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redactedactor t1_ixqf4fd wrote

Yes. The Golden Globes try to separate by genre and end up having stuff like The Martian nominated for best comedy/musical.

I think if they really need to have more than one award per type they should be split into budget size. Maybe <$30m, $30m to $100m and $100m+.

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SlouchyGuy t1_ixqec97 wrote

Because men play more leading roles, there will be always tug between more men in acting category vs nominating women from much less well known movies and series

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Mikelightman t1_ixs2wta wrote

Maybe that’s something that could be addressed

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SlouchyGuy t1_ixs4bvk wrote

When it will be, then the conversation about gender neutral awards will make more sense. Awards are just a sign of what's going on in the industry, not the main culprit behind everything

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Mikelightman t1_ixs7r78 wrote

The awards change their format all the time. There’s nothing preventing the industry from creating the category first.

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Murder_Ballads t1_ixqfc32 wrote

Yes, people will complain if a male actor wins the award several times in a row.

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constantino675 t1_ixqiofo wrote

Which is why a man will probably never win it.

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VitaLonga t1_ixqlp5r wrote

I’m sure an appropriate quota/pattern will be established - 2 people identifying as female, 1 person identifying as male, and 1 non binary person, rinse & repeat. What could be more fair?!

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Darth_Jason t1_ixqjuej wrote

Well, if their protected rapist studio bosses FIFA the right cult guild members, maybe.

I’d love to see Will Smith receive “Best Leading Carbon Unit in a Bucket of Shit or Shomit” from THE Rock.

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totallylegitburner t1_ixqg1or wrote

Step 1: Only have one category for each award.

Step 2: Face increasing criticism that too many men are winning the awards.

Step 3: Go through years of arguments about a quota system for awards.

Step 4: ?

Step 5: Profit.

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TGrady902 t1_ixqfo7v wrote

I don’t think anyone really cares about the awards now so they can do whatever the heck they want with them and the general population will continue to not give any fucks about these awards rich people give to themselves.

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VitaLonga t1_ixqlucy wrote

Bingo. However, a move like this will generate more entertainment on its own than a lot of Hollywood has given to the general audience in several years.

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VitaLonga t1_ixqlfoa wrote

Alternatively, you and Emma Corrin are also people who don’t matter who are complaining about something. How ironic!

If this happens, we can say goodbye to outstanding performances by men getting appropriately recognized.

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Hudds83 t1_ixr31kx wrote

I read something about the history of gendered award shows. When it was just awards without genders, it was men who won everything and people obviously didn't like it.

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Dman125 t1_ixqm2er wrote

Which is equally dumb considering it’s a tiny minority pool to compete with. Suddenly there’s an influx of non-binary actors because competing in the women’s or men’s category is too hard.

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Dragmire800 t1_ixqmk9n wrote

People prefer male actors. For some reason, that’s just a fact. So either men will dominate the best gender-neutral actor awards and lots of people will be angry, or there will be an behind-the-scenes push for award bodies to try and balance the gender win rates, which will make a lot of people angry

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LalitoSalamanca t1_iy0yqjj wrote

I don't know if its that people prefer male actors, but male roles are def much much better written 99% of the time.

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VitaLonga t1_ixqoez0 wrote

Let’s be real, we know which route Hollywood would take.

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blissfullybleak t1_ixquv0n wrote

Which is surprising since I feel the Best Actress winner usually has the better performance, at least in the last 10 years. The Best actor award has been a lot less competitive even.

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VitaLonga t1_ixr9lcc wrote

Highly subjective. Prominent female roles are also high on Oscar bait type emotion.

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blissfullybleak t1_ixrp81b wrote

I mean yes that is the reason, which is why I think the female categories are more competitive.

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NoKittenAroundPawlyz t1_ixqx1he wrote

2/3 of academy voters in 2022 are men. Over 80% of academy voters are white.

People who think this would result in more equitable awards are naive.

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[deleted] t1_ixqnumi wrote

What about no? This sounds completely meaningless.

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jogoso2014 t1_ixql8nc wrote

I'd be ok with it, but it limits accolades and increases competition within a movie overall so it's likely not to happen.

Otherwise, this is a non-issue for me as my view of best performances don't often win.

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BedDefiant4950 t1_ixr10yo wrote

how about getting rid of awards because why the fuck should art be a competition lol

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anasui1 t1_ixr6cya wrote

why not? we've already heard more absurd things happening, this ain't even one of them, although still ultra cringe

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farseer4 t1_ixqxwbq wrote

Better not. I have nothing against that in principle, but in practice it's one more excuse for these people to get outraged if more men are nominated or whatever. It's exhausting.

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theunworthyviking t1_ixu3zwr wrote

I honestly don't care personally. However I think it's a matter of time before we aren't allowed archetypical male and female roles in any media at all.

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Gummy_yumyum t1_ixqbeqw wrote

That’s fine with me.

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SpirituallyRain t1_ixtexed wrote

That just results in men dominating and women losing out on opportunities

(see every other category other than best actor/actress)

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