TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Surviving racism and sexism: what votes in the television program Survivor reveal about discrimination
JO  - Psychological science
A1  - O'Mara Kunz, Erin M.
A1  - Howell, Jennifer L.
A1  - Beasley, Nicole
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - We examined whether there is evidence for racial and gender bias in the voting patterns of contestants on Survivor, a reality-television zero-sum game in which contestants compete for up to 39 days to win $1 million. Among 731 contestants across 40 seasons, we found evidence of racial and gender bias at multiple stages of Survivor. Compared with men, women were more likely to be voted out of their tribe first and were less likely to make it to the individual-competition stage of the game (i.e., the "merge"). They were also less likely to win Survivor. Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) contestants, compared with White contestants, were more likely to be voted out of their tribe first and were less likely to make it to the individual-competition stage of the game. These findings suggest a systemic bias in favor of White men and against women of color.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0956-7976
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09567976231165665
ID  - ref1
ER  -