essays on gender bias

Image Credit: Natalie D., Ames, IA      Gender equality, a fin de siecle issue, has evolved such that many are sure that men and women are now treated as equals. Some question if advocacy for women’s rights has gone too far and created an environment where men must monitor their actions lest one glance go askew and bring on sexual harassment charges. Unfortunately, while gender equity is present in most aspects of society, disparities between the sexes are still prevalent where one would least expect it - the legal system.The courts are and have always been dominated by men. Largely due to the late start women had entering the law profession, this disparity can also be blamed on public opinion when women were attempting to break into the legal system. Even Clarence Darrow, famous for his progressive outlook, told the first female attorneys, “You can’t be shining lights at the bar because you are too kind. You can never be corporate lawyers because you are not cold-blooded. You have not a high degree of intellect. You can never expect to get the fees men get.” Disturbingly, this opinion is still present and has played a large role in preventing women from dominating the upper-echelons. Consider this, from the Commission on Women in the Professions report “A Current Glance at Women in the Law 2005”: “When education, training, and experience are equal among the sexes, but the rate of employment (and annual salary) remain incongruous, the answer lies in prejudice rooted in mindset and behavior.” I conducted research to determine the most common types of bias and their prevalence today. My results encompassed everyone from high schoolers to professionals and instances of bias are indeed frequent and tangible despite our “equal and just” society.Whether due to popular media or the mindsets of parents, I’ve encountered several high schoolers who already have developed a.
Bias has become unavoidable in the present society, pervaded by all sorts of prejudices and discrimination. These biases are based on many things such as gender and culture. Most biases based on gender are traditional and have drifted into present day society. Gender biases generally result from the belief that one sex is inferior to the other in certain activities and performances. Culture bias is developed from the belief in ethnocentrism, the belief that one's culture is the only right, proper, and moral one. This belief can be harmful as it leads to prejudices. As mentioned, gender biases are traditional, and although they still exist, they are being minimized. Bias is portrayed and promoted by institutions such as the education system and further emphasized by the media. In many cases, gender bias within a culture provokes bias towards that culture in general and is presented in social concerns such as immigration. Thus, it seems that gender bias is an inevitable part of society in which the extremes and severity of the prejudices vary among different cultures thereby promoting cultural bias. Although traditional gender bias cannot be eliminated completely, they are being reduced in western culture. This reduction results from the fact that as the material world changes, so do ideas about gender. For instances, in the past, women were given less value and importance than men, which resulted in less opportunity. This however, is changing with lifestyles. During the time of traditional lifestyles, society's perception on gender roles and responsibilities were influenced by stereotypes such as, women are weak and need to be maintained as opposed to men who are strong and support others. These stereotypes and the gender gap are being minimized in some areas while others still require more attention. For instance, the gender gap in European school is closing, as.
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Gender bias is commonly considered to be discrimination and/or hatred towards people based on their gender rather than their individual merits, but can also refer to any and all systemic differentiations based on the gender of the individuals. Gender bias can refer to subtly different beliefs or attitudes: 1. The belief that one gender or sex is inferior to or more valuable than the other which is Female or male chauvinism. 2.The attitude of misogyny (hatred of females) or misandry (hatred of males); as well as the attitude of imposing a limited and/or false notion of masculinity on males and a limited and/or false notion of femininity on females, or vice versa. 3. A feeling of distrust towards the opposite or same sex as a whole. Gender bassist's beliefs, as a part of essentialism, holds that individuals can be understood or judged based solely on the characteristics of the group to which they belong-in this case, their gender group, as males or females. Certain forms of gender discrimination are illegal in many countries, but nearly all countries have laws that give special rights, privileges, or responsibilities to one sex or two sexes. The view that men are superior to women is one form of gender bias. This form is often called male chauvinism, chauvinism in a broader sense referring to any extreme and unreasonable partisanship that is accompanied by malice and hatred towards a rival group. A similar term is gynophobia, which refers to fears of females or feminity. Historically, in many patriarchal societies, females have been and are viewed as the weaker sex. Women's lower status can be seen in cases in which females were not even recognized as persons under the law of the land. The feminist movement promotes women's rights to end sexism against females by addressing issues such as equality under the law, political representation of females, access to education.