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gender bias

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gender bias n. unequal treatment in employment opportunity (such as promotion, pay, benefits and privileges), and expectations due to attitudes based on the sex of an employee or group of employees. Gender bias can be a legitimate basis for a lawsuit under anti-discrimination statutes.


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Female AgEd teachers have experienced discrimination and gender bias on the job, a lack of acceptance by male AgEd teachers, and administrator disapproval (Foster, 2001; Knight, 1987; Cano, 1990).
Team officials suspected, but couldn't prove, a gender bias.
Perhaps, not surprisingly, 70% of female attorneys polled claim to have experienced some sort of gender bias in the courtroom.
 
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