Sentences with phrase «because of gender bias»

Because of gender bias and stigma, heart disease has always seemed like a man's problem.

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Because of this, people who fall into a gender, racial, or ethnic group that is likely to experience negative bias have found that downplaying that association can help them sidestep discrimination, behavior known as «covering.»

cards» used to get around the inconvenience of reality by saying: the legisation was written with gender or racial bias as its «true agenda» — or, argue that homebirth is protected and not subject to legislation or government oversight because it is the religious belief of the mother that «God hath so commanded me.»

«The fact that women are capable of contributing to the nation's scientific and engineering enterprise but are impeded in doing so because of gender and racial / ethnic bias and outmoded «rules» governing academic success is deeply troubling and embarrassing,» wrote the authors of a 2007 report on women in academic science and engineering issued by the National Academies [7].

«There's a particularly strong bias against female math majors — women who flourish in male - dominated fields — perhaps because they're violating gender norms in terms of what they're supposed to be good at.»

Because of previous concerns of an own gender bias in women, the Cambridge Face Memory Test features only male faces.

Approximately equal numbers of women and men enter and graduate from medical school in the United States and United Kingdom.1 2 In northern and eastern European countries such as Russia, Finland, Hungary, and Serbia, women account for more than 50 % of the active physicians3; in the United Kingdom and United States, they represent 47 % and 33 % respectively.4 5 Even in Japan, the nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development with the lowest percentage of female physicians, representation doubled between 1986 and 2012.3 6 However, progress in academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 % of clinical faculty overall and for less than 20 % of those at the highest grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to close.

Biased or identity - based bullying, when a person gets bullied because of bias based on an aspect of their identity (i.e. race, religion, sexual orientation, physical appearance, gender identity / expression, etc.), is all too common in school and especially in the teenage years.

BILL POWERS — Do you think that because she is the oldest of your subjects Nancy Spero faced the greatest gender bias in her lifetime?

The idea that women artists couldn't possibly be the equal of men because they don't command the same money is part of a «deep cultural bias and persistent gender divide,» Ms. Phillips said.

If the «maternal wall,» or the mommy track, as we know it, is a form of gender bias, then women lawyers are, in fact, being precluded from higher earning potential because of their family obligations.

Taking an adverse employment action against a worker simply because of biased assumptions about family caregivers is no more appropriate than taking an adverse employment action against someone based on stereotypes about their race, gender, sexual orientation or religion.

In cases like the present one, there is also the question of gender bias, which often means women get treated differentially in employment — generally for the worse — because of their biological and traditional functions, in particular child - bearing and family care.

While I applaud firms for addressing a lot of the organizational issues (GLASS CEILING) impacting gender diversity (implicit bias training, flexible work arrangements, on and off ramps, etc.) I don't see firms doing enough to support women with what we refer to as STICKY FLOOR issues: the stuff that holds us back or causes us to Lean Out because we can't see a place for ourselves in the firm.