Frontiers: Discrimination Against Femininity in Headshots: A Field Experiment with AI-Enabled Controllable Stimuli Generation

Using AI-generated headshots that vary only in femininity, a field experiment finds that consumers discriminate against femininity independently of gender identity.

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Marketing Science
Published
2026-09-10
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https://doi.org/10.1287/mksc.2024.1176
Primary Topic
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
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Frontiers: Discrimination Against Femininity in Headshots: A Field Experiment with AI-Enabled Controllable Stimuli Generation

Olivier Toubia, Lan Luo
Marketing Science
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
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Frontiers: Discrimination Against Femininity in Headshots: A Field Experiment with AI-Enabled Controllable Stimuli Generation

Olivier Toubia, Lan Luo
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Abstract

Using AI-generated headshots that vary only in femininity, a field experiment finds that consumers discriminate against femininity independently of gender identity.

Marketing Science
Yale University (US), Columbia University (US)
Gender equality
Openalex Percentile: Top 7%
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
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