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Table 7 Word sets used for the word embedding association tests. The right column reports the references from which the sets were borrowed

From: Large scale analysis of gender bias and sexism in song lyrics

Word set name

Words

Ref.

Pleasant

family, honest, gift, wonderful, vacation, miracle, loyal, pleasure, gentle, rainbow, love, peace, lucky, honor, freedom, happy, health, friend, laughter, cheer, joy, heaven, diploma, paradise, diamond, caress, sunrise

[11]

Unpleasant

cancer, agony, stink, sickness, poverty, accident, failure, rotten, hatred, terrible, disaster, tragedy, grief, jail, abuse, awful, prison, ugly, nasty, murder, bomb, poison, evil, crash, death, war, kill

[11]

Career

corporation, professional, career, office, business

[11, 14]

Family

family, marriage, wedding, children, home

[11, 14]

Female attributes

girl, hers, her, aunt, daughter, sister, female, mother, she, grandmother, woman

[11, 14]

Male attributes

brother, grandfather, his, son, father, man, male, uncle, he, him, boy

[11, 14]

Female names

kim, rose, mary, eve, kelly, jane, lisa, juliet, jean, annie, trina, sarah, sally, betty, lucy, taylor, bonnie, marie, jenny, dolly, julia, anna, jill, angie

*

Male names

john, jack, joe, johnny, james, david, paul, billy, jimmy, simon, mark, romeo, bill, peter, bob, lee, jim, bobby, tom, jackson, sam, michael, charlie, adam

*

Flowers

lilac, bluebell, violet, crocus, buttercup, iris, rose, tulip, daisy, marigold, daffodil, orchid, carnation, magnolia, lily, poppy, clover

[11]

Insects

cockroach, maggot, locust, roach, centipede, caterpillar, weevil, beetle, flea, dragonfly, mosquito, ant, cricket, moth, spider, bee, fly

[11]

Musical instruments

banjo, mandolin, trombone, cello, fiddle, tuba, harmonica, harp, violin, piano, trumpet, clarinet, oboe, guitar, lute, saxophone, horn, bongo, flute, bell, viola, drum

[11]

Weapons

harpoon, mace, hatchet, grenade, missile, spear, axe, rifle, cannon, dagger, pistol, shotgun, dynamite, tank, blade, sword, arrow, whip, bomb, knife, club, gun

[11]

MatSci

nasa, addition, einstein, technology, experiment, math, chemistry, science

[11, 14]

Arts words

poetry, novel, symphony, art, dance, shakespeare, sculpture, drama

[11, 14]

Intelligence

brilliant, logical, apt, smart, thoughtful, wise, precocious, genius, intelligent, shrewd, clever

[14]

Appearance

gorgeous, slim, healthy, handsome, ugly, fat, thin, weak, beautiful, pretty, strong

[14]

Strength

triumph, confident, potent, loud, winner, shout, succeed, strong, bold, leader, dynamic, command, power

[14]

Weakness

timid, withdraw, yield, failure, fragile, weakness, loser, shy, surrender, weak, afraid, follow, lose

[14]

  1. * Male and female names were chosen from the most frequent names found in the solo artists songs of the WASABI dataset.