gender discrimination
Unfair treatment, sex-based
Gender discrimination is unfair treatment based on a person's sex or gender identity.
It typically affects women in hiring, pay, and promotion, though men and nonbinary individuals also experience it in contexts like custody disputes or gender-nonconforming expression.
The lawsuit alleged gender discrimination in the company's promotion practices.
Laws in many countries prohibit it in employment and housing.
- pay gapEarnings difference between groups
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- glass ceilingUnacknowledged limit blocking advancement
- boys' clubMale-exclusive social organization
- old boys networkInformal male establishment connections
misogyny · patriarchy · victim blaming · intersectionality · inequality · implicit bias · pink collar · mommy track · double standard · second shift · microaggressions · misandry · prejudice · toxic masculinity · hostile work environment · retaliation · objectification · bigotry
- civil rightsequal protection, equal rights, Civil Rights Act, right to life, Voting Rights Act
- feminismfeminism, feminist theory, women's rights, feminist novels, feminist themes
- women's rightssuffrage movement, women's suffrage, women's rights, feminism, women's vote
- discrimination lawnondiscrimination, equal pay act, disparate impact, EEOC, hostile environment
- discrimination lawsuitssexual harassment, racial bias, hostile work environment, disparate impact, Title VII
- gender equalityequal rights, equal pay, women's rights, pay equity, equal opportunity
gender discriminationgender equality
Equal treatment regardless sex
equal treatment · gender equity · equal opportunity · meritocracy · gender parity
gender discriminationegalitarianism
Philosophy of universal equality
feminism · inclusivity · gender inclusion · equal rights · women's liberation