gender bias
Male-favoring prejudice
Gender bias is prejudice or differential treatment based on a person's gender.
It can be explicit or unconscious, affecting hiring decisions, pay, educational opportunities, and everyday interactions.
The term usually refers to bias against women, though bias against men also occurs: The study found gender bias in how teachers called on students.
Also called sex bias.
Gender-based prejudice
- misogynyHostility toward women
- misandryHostility toward males
- chauvinismMilitant devotion to group
- double standardsJudging others differently than yourself
stereotyping · prejudgment · preconception · microaggressions · mansplaining · tone policing · victim blaming · slut-shaming
Gender-based prejudice
- glass ceilingUnacknowledged limit blocking advancement
- wage gapDisparity in earnings
- pay gapEarnings difference between groups
- underrepresentationInsufficient proportional presence
leadership gap · workplace inequality · pink-collar · old boys' network · bamboo ceiling · second shift · tokenism · mommy track
Male-dominated social order
- structural inequalityInstitutionalized unequal treatment
- affirmative actionPrograms boosting marginalized representation
- quota systemLimit on numbers admitted
- Title IXFederal educational equity law
Historically assigned social functions
- femininityFemale nature or character
- masculinityMale gender characteristics
- breadwinnerPrimary household earner
- homemakerOne who manages a household
pink tax · toxic masculinity · male gaze · damsel in distress · man up · women's work · caregiver role · tomboy
sexism
Gender-based prejudice
- misogynyHostility toward women
- misandryHostility toward males
- chauvinismMilitant devotion to group
double standards · stereotyping · prejudgment · preconception · microaggressions · mansplaining · tone policing · victim blaming · slut-shaming
sexism
Gender-based prejudice
- glass ceilingUnacknowledged limit blocking advancement
- wage gapDisparity in earnings
- pay gapEarnings difference between groups
underrepresentation · leadership gap · workplace inequality · pink-collar · old boys' network · bamboo ceiling · second shift · tokenism · mommy track · boys' club
patriarchy
Male-dominated social order
- structural inequalityInstitutionalized unequal treatment
- affirmative actionPrograms boosting marginalized representation
- quota systemLimit on numbers admitted
traditional roles
Historically assigned social functions
- femininityFemale nature or character
- masculinityMale gender characteristics
- breadwinnerPrimary household earner
homemaker · pink tax · toxic masculinity · male gaze · damsel in distress · man up · women's work · caregiver role · tomboy · sissy
- Employment Discriminationdisparate impact, pay disparity, protected class, age discrimination, racial disparity
- discriminationracism, systemic discrimination, Jim Crow laws, sexism, racial harassment
- feminismfeminism, feminist theory, women's rights, feminist novels, feminist themes
- reproductive healthpregnancy, infertility, childbirth, male infertility, fertility rates
- biasprejudice, racism, bigotry, sexism, ageism
- biaseshalo effect, horn effect
gender biasgender equality
Equal treatment regardless sex
gender equity · gender neutrality · meritocracy · equal treatment · impartiality
gender biasgender equality
Equal treatment regardless sex
gender equity · affirmative action · positive discrimination · gender inclusivity · egalitarianism
bias, gender, biased, unbiased, bisexual, genders, androgynous, gendered, gendering