What oppression? How are word vectors oppressing anyone? What a ridiculous claim.
>Have you noticed how automation often vastly amplifies things?
No, not at all. I've heard this claim on similar discussions. But I've yet to see a convincing example. Particularly with word2vec. I find it very implausible that word vectors will somehow discriminate against female doctors or whatever.
>It's a short step from saying 'this model accurately reflects the bias in society' to 'that's how things are, the computer says women aren't cut out to be doctors.'
No it's not a short step at all. No one is ever going to use word vectors to figure out what genders are capable of what jobs. At worst, your auto-correct might be slightly less likely to suggest "doctor" for a misspelled word occurring in a female context. And on net it will still make more accurate corrections than the alternative.