Is the Internet sexist?

Originally published on Los Thunderlads, 24 June 2009:

Here’s a simple experiment. Go to Google Images. Turn off safe search. Type in the word “man.” Look at the first screen of results. Note how many are nsfw. Then search for “woman,” and make the same note. Repeat the process with “girl,” “boy,” “male,” “female,” “she,” “he,” and other gender words. Include pairs of masculine and feminine names, such as “Julia” and “Julius,” in your search.