{"id":49252,"date":"2016-06-19t05:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-19t09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=49252"},"modified":"2019-09-28t17:31:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28t21:31:52","slug":"fix-gender-bias-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2016\/06\/19\/fix-gender-bias-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"how to find and fix gender bias at your firm"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"businesswoman<\/a>5 ways women get shoved aside.<\/strong><\/p>\n

by ida o. abbott<\/span><\/i>
\nsponsoring women: what men need to know<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

gender bias reflects entrenched beliefs and assumptions about women based on stereotypes about appropriate roles and behaviors for women.<\/p>\n

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unconscious thoughts about the kinds of work women are and are not suited for, especially if they are mothers, remove highly qualified women from consideration for leadership opportunities and positions.
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\nin the past, working women suffered overt discrimination and explicit bias. they were told outright they were not \u201cfit\u201d for certain jobs, were too emotional and unreliable to be given responsible roles, and were taking the place of men who needed to support families. sometimes the bias was ostensibly intended to \u201cprotect\u201d women and occasionally it was hostile. but it was out in the open and women understood the barriers they faced.<\/p>\n

for the most part, women no longer experience this kind of explicit bias. but the underlying thoughts and stereotypes that support gender bias have not gone away. they remain underground, in the subconscious where people may not realize they hold the thoughts at all.<\/p>\n

researchers at yale found that scientists at six major research institutions, when presented with resumes that were identical except for their names (john and jennifer),<\/p>\n